Re: How do I start a X session on another machine
Andrew Lindley <aml47@ntlworld.com> writes:
> I have 2 machines running Woody and not enough desk space for both
> screens and keyboards. I'd like to be able to run X sessions on both
> machines from only one of the machines. When I ran SuSE I could use
> xhost +<host ip> to allow remote (or even other local users) access to
> the display. This doesn't work on Debian. Could someone tell me what
> the correct incantation is? Secondly I'd like to be able to run the
> host chooser on one of my vt's from gdm, ideas please.
>
> Andrew
>
You need to enable xdmcp in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf:
[xdmcp]
Enable=true
and start x like this:
X :1 -indirect <hostname>
Hth,
Ramin
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