[ale] Remote X

[John Wells]

Chris,

If you're using gdm, find the gdm.conf file and set Enable=true under
the xdmcp section.


John


On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 10:53, cfowler wrote:
> Does anyone here know how to enabled KDM, GDM, and XDM to accept a
> remote query.
> 
> I'm doing:
> 
> X -query 192.168.2.8
> 
> 192.168.2.8 is a RH7.3 machine running KDM.  But the query command shuld
> do it.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 10:48, Keith Hopkins wrote:
> > David Corbin wrote:
> > > I have two Debian systems (Desktop and Laptop, for the purposes of this 
> > > discussion).  I would like to configure Laptop so that it boots up and 
> > > acts like an X terminal logging in and running on Desktop.  I don't mean 
> > > just run remote systems, I mean I'm never log in to my client. I plan on 
> > > setting this up for a particular runlevel
> > > 
> > 
> > [snip]
> > > Suggestions?
> > 
> > If you are only working on a LAN, then I think the whole ssh thing is the wrong way to go at it.
> > > 
> > > Can anyone on point me at a good tutorial/howto on this subject?
> > 
> > This page describes how to convert PC's into standalone X Window Systems terminals which can serve as graphical terminals to your existing Linux/Unix workstations.
> > 
> > http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue27/kaszeta.html
> > 
> > The article uses XDM, but I believe GDM will serve the same purpose.  I also think you can specify a host in the Laptop's xinitrc (or some config file) and only point to a specific host.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Lost in Tokyo,
> >    Keith
> > 
> > 
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