XDMCP socket creation failed, errno 97

[Daniel]

Hi, I get this error when I try to use XDMCP in kdm, I use kde 3.3.2.

Mar 29 17:57:24 [kdm] XDMCP socket creation failed, errno 97
- Last output repeated twice -

and when I try to connect:

Mar 29 18:00:22 [kdm] Cannot convert Internet address 192.168.126.1 to
host name
Mar 29 18:00:22 [kdm] XDMCP socket creation failed, errno 97

I dont know where 192.168.126.1 comes from Im trying to connect from
192.168.1.20 and the host is 192.168.1.5

kdmrc I have changed to (rest is default):

[Xdmcp]
Enable=true
Port=177

Xaccess:

*

Xservers:

:0 ***@tty1 /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp

Any ideas ???
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Post by Daniel
Mar 29 18:00:22 [kdm] Cannot convert Internet address 192.168.126.1 to
host name
Mar 29 18:00:22 [kdm] XDMCP socket creation failed, errno 97
I dont know where 192.168.126.1 comes from Im trying to connect from
192.168.1.20 and the host is 192.168.1.5

Do you have any other connectivity issues between the two systems?

Typically the *.*.*.1 addresses refer to the gateway between the boxen (i.e.
your local hub, router, or switch).

The fact that both addresses are on the 192.168.1 subnet suggests a routing
configuration problem, which is why I asked if you had other connectivity
issues between the boxen.

A traceroute from 192.168.1.20 would probably show a stop at 192.168.126.1.



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[Daniel]

Post by Dave Nebinger

Post by Daniel
Mar 29 18:00:22 [kdm] Cannot convert Internet address 192.168.126.1 to
host name
Mar 29 18:00:22 [kdm] XDMCP socket creation failed, errno 97
I dont know where 192.168.126.1 comes from Im trying to connect from
192.168.1.20 and the host is 192.168.1.5

Do you have any other connectivity issues between the two systems?
Typically the *.*.*.1 addresses refer to the gateway between the boxen (i.e.
your local hub, router, or switch).
The fact that both addresses are on the 192.168.1 subnet suggests a routing
configuration problem, which is why I asked if you had other connectivity
issues between the boxen.
A traceroute from 192.168.1.20 would probably show a stop at
192.168.126.1.

Thanks for the tip, I just located where 192.168.126.1 comes from. I have
VMWare installed and 192.168.126.1 is an adress on WMWares "fake" network
card, somehow the xserver I was trying to connect from used that adress
instead of the real adress.
Now I can connect and everything seems to work but I still get these error
messages in the logs that I cant understand

Mar 30 18:31:19 [kdm] XDMCP socket creation failed, errno 97
- Last output repeated 2 times -
Mar 30 18:31:21 [kdm_greet] Can't open default user face
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Post by Daniel
Now I can connect and everything seems to work but I still get these error
messages in the logs that I cant understand
Mar 30 18:31:19 [kdm] XDMCP socket creation failed, errno 97
- Last output repeated 2 times -
Mar 30 18:31:21 [kdm_greet] Can't open default user face

Well, for starters:

winux include # perror 97
System error: 97 = Address family not supported by protocol

Looks like a configuration issue for kdm possibly. Looking at the code it
appears the only address family trying to be used are either AF_INET (ipv4)
or AF_INET6 (ipv6).

Did you build from source w/o perhaps the wrong config options (i.e. using
ipv6 when you shouldn't have or not using ipv6 when you should have)? Is
kdm configured to use ipv6 if your system doesn't support ipv6?

As far as the kdm_greet error is concerned, I'm not completely sure, but
it's probably a configuration issue as well. The code is looking to load
files named .default.face.icon or .default.face in the face directory,
although I can't find where _faceDir is defined so I can't tell you where to
look for that one.


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