Remote X login
I'm surprised not to find a terse HOWTO on this, so point me toward one,
if it exists. (The XDMCP HOWTO is not Debian friendly, nor particularly
appropriate.)
I can ssh between machines, but I would also like to be able to use X;
KDE, in my case. I first attempted this via XDMCP (X Display Manager
Control Protocol, in case you're unaware of its snappy title).
On the host, I set /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc
[Xdmcp]
Enable=true
and in /etc/kde3/kdm/Xaccess, I have
* # any host can get a login window
* CHOOSER BROADCAST # any indirect host can get a chooser
(the notes in this file are less than precise, imo, so consider this
google-random hacking).
When I create a new session on the client - which is using KDM - and
select "Remote Login" (Alt+R), the host appears in the chooser. When I
select the host and "accept" it, the screen flashes a few times, clearly
attempting some form of Xy communication, but then returns to the local
KDM prompt.
On the client, the following error appears in /var/log/kdm.log:
Fatal server error:
XDMCP fatal error: Session declined No valid address
Which ain't very helpful.
Presumably I've missed a step or two in the setup, so I'd appreciate any
pointers.
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Best,
Marc
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