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Re: GL errors when drawing from SGI to SGI

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From: Brett Bainter
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 06:44
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In article <1jkprgINN3hv@fido.asd.sgi.com>, aschaffe@holodeck.csd.sgi.com (Allan Schaffer) writes:
|> joes@lpi.liant.com said..
|> >Hi:
|> >
|> >Here's the msg that I'm getting when I try to draw from an SGI to another SGI 
|> >(it's a GL application).  Both machines have the same operating system level.
|> > 
|> > dgl error (TCP connect): Connection refused
|> > dgl error (default init): default dglopen(rthpirf.liant.com:0,4) returned -127
|> >
|> >Any ideas?  I've done the usual xhost stuff and I can run a pure
|> >X application (xclock) from machine A and have it draw on machine B.
|> 
|> First, make sure the following line (or one similar) is 
|> in /etc/services on both machines, and is not commented out:
|> 
|> sgi-dgl		5232/tcp			# SGI Distributed Graphics Lib.
|> 
|> Then, make sure the following line (or one similar) is 
|> in /usr/etc/inetd.conf on both machines, and is not commented out:
|> 
|> sgi-dgl stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/etc/dgld	dgld -IM -tDGLTSOCKET
|> 
|> Now, run the application again.
|> 

there is also an open bug against dgl not working when magic cookies are
in effect.  if you are using them, try turning this level of protection
off via the DisplayManager*authorize resource in /usr/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config.
(see the man page for xdm for more info).

-- 
Brett Bainter
Silicon Graphics
brettb@sgi.com
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Subject: Re: GL errors when drawing from SGI to SGI
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