Interactive Unix Rel. 2.2, TCP/IP, X

[Doug McCallum]

In article <+M}%|N#.3942 at cheers.Bungi.COM> greg at cheers.Bungi.COM (Greg Onufer) writes:
>(Followups directed to comp.unix.ysv386 where this belongs)
>
>>       -Telnet to ISC 2.2 from NCSA/Telnet 2.2TN no longer works,
>>        after the "trying to open connection" message nothing else
>>        happens, no login: prompt appears.
>>       -Telnet from an NCD-17c X-Terminal does not work (no login:
>>        prompt appears)
>
>This is a known problem.  Replace telnetd with the 2.02 version and
>everything should work.

Its a known problem with a simpler solution than replacing telnetd.  The
simpler solution has also been posted before.

It only requires disabling the X-DISPLAY-LOC option from being volunteered.
This can be done simply by changing the /etc/inetd.conf file and adding the
option "-Xd" to the telnetd command.  The telnetd line should be modified to
look like:

telnet	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/etc/telnetd	telnetd -Xd

There is a bug in the negotiation if the client does a WILL X-DISPLOC option
before the telnetd does.  As usual, this will be fixed in the next release.

Doug McCallum
Interactive Systems Corp
dougm at ico.isc.com