daveclose — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:40:06 +0000

OHHH WOW,
the problem wasn't 2 or 3 but amazingly 1, stupid windows GRR had turned it back on when i installed something

:flame:windows

fantastic
Could you tell me what ports i need to forward on routers etc for this is it just 177 ?
also what i need to do to turn windows firewall on but still let this through?
and do you think it will let you use this on public computer because of the firewall problem?

and then i have a different situation that i want to sort out sorry if this is all a bother

JeevesBond — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:54:24 +0000

Just tried this myself using VMs and all worked smoothly (see attached). Did you say that it shows the login window, then the screen goes blank when you put in your username/password, or does it not even get that far?

There are three possible problems that I can think of:

Windows XP Firewall (but you have that switched off right?)
Under System -> Administration -> Login Window, Disable multiple logins for a single user is checked, and you are logged in to the server, and are trying to login to the client with the same credentials.
Some other networking problem.

If it comes down to: 'some other networking problem', you might want to download Wireshark (probably useless trivia: unless you live in Germany where it's illegal) on the server. Just use [incode]Synaptic Package Manager[/incode] to download it, then setup a capture and have a look at what packets are being sent back and forth. This should reveal any networking issues, feel free to post it on here (but remove anything like external IP addresses etc. so you don't get cracked).

Am hopeful that the problem is option 2 though, and that you're logged in to the server and client with the same credentials.

daveclose — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:21:26 +0000

thanks for the reply, i tried typing stuff in but to no outcome.
if i move the cursor down a little more in the gray bit then it turns in to a normal cursor not the text one its as if there was buttons to press but clicking there does not do anything

EDIT: i can log in under a fail safe terminal and run things like xclock but then i can run anything after that

Abhishek Reddy — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:49:28 +0000

That looks like a terminal. You should be able to type stuff into it. Suppose you want to run KDE, you might type [incode]startkde[/incode]. To test it, you could try running something like [incode]xclock[/incode].

If I'm right, then all you need to do on the server is set up your ~/.xinitrc file to execute whatever window manager or desktop environment program you want.

daveclose — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:00:50 +0000

well its definitely not the XP firewall. i cant show you the log file as i VERY STUPIDLEY!!! deleted it and it does not seem to make a new one lol.
also i tried a new program "LinuxTSC" and i got slightly further i got the standard login screen but after logging in ended up at this screen (see attachment) the gray bit is some kind of error about the keyboard layout and which one i want to use. i logged in locally after i got that and got a keyboard error about xsession so i am assuming its the same. anyway it dident do anything after that and i could not click anything.

but the interesting bit is when i first try to connect with Xming and that flails and just gives me the Xsession and then i try and connect with "LinuxTSC" it will give the the same Xsession which kind of leaves me that it is something to do with the sever setup

JeevesBond — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:05:54 +0000

Looking through their forums on sourceforge I can see one potential problem is the Microsoft firewall. Is the Windows XP firewall switched off on the computer you're trying to use it on?

You could also run it and create a logfile, so we can see what the problem is, try typing this into a command line:
C:\Program Files\Xming\Xming.exe :0 -logfile c:\Xming.0.log'
Then when it horribly fails to work, you can look at c:\Xming.0.log to see why.

daveclose — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:46:18 +0000

Ive been fiddling around and if i selected indirect connection i get this screen (see attachment

but when i click on the sever and then connect i just get a blank x window session, and i then cant connect to that screen again unless i restart the sever:confused:

daveclose — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:10:48 +0000

I go through the wizard the choosing right options and things, when it gets to the end the wizard closes the computer thinks (not HDD but busy cursor) and then nothing.

JeevesBond — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:05:29 +0000

Dave wrote: i cant get it to work

Ah, well this is a problem for me. I don't use Windows so can't test the program! What happens? How far do you get and what error messages do you get back?

*** EDIT ***
Does it just show the login screen and no matter how many times you try to login it shows the same screen over and over?

daveclose — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:26:11 +0000

i cant get it to work