Re: XDMCP and client requirements

[Bob Paige <bobman@Iname.com>]

Here's a related question: Once you are running an XDMCP session on the 
client, is there any way to invoke an executable on the client machine?

Specifically, I want to be able to turn off the screen on the client 
machine, which can be accomplished by running a special executable on 
the client. The image I am running locally (based on Midori) came with 
IceWM pre-configured to run this executable when the user hit the 
'power' switch on the keyboard. Makes it behave more like an appliance 
if you have 'instant-on' and 'instant-off' (so to speak).

Another possibility I've considered would be to not use XDMCP but 
instead NFS mount everything and invoke it from the client. I'm not 
concerned about NFS security issues because this is just in my house. 
The only way I can think of doing this would be to start X locally, open 
an xterm, log into the server, and run apps from there.
The display would be the client, but the CPU would be the server's.

Any better ways? The main reason I'm considering some workaround is 
because I'm assuming the problem has to be with the XDMCP connection.

--
Bobman