Re: graphical login to a different Linux machine
On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 07:50:06 +0200, Sharninder wrote:
>> Yes, I do use VNC. But that is for getting the Linux Desktop on a
>> windows computer.
>
> no VNC works the other way around also .. infact it works any way on all
> supported platforms.
Yes, of course, but I meant to say 'I use it for getting the Linux Desktop
on a windows computer.'
>> I have been reading the XDMCP related docs. But I can only find out if
>> I understood it well after I try out. This won't be until wednesday
>> (when I will get a chance to enter the computer lab at college).
>>
>>
> c u on wednesday .. then :)
Well, I tried. Not everything worked out as expected.
I could do the following with ease:
1. I could telnet to another machine, export its DISPLAY variable,
and get its X-apps to show up on the machine I was on.
(This has nothing to do with XDMCP, but still...)
2. I could setup one of the machines to startup with just X started,
and have another Linux machine to show the kdm login prompt on it.
Effectively, I could setup an X-Terminal.
But the most interesting thing, I could NOT do:
I tried to have one machine show its own display manager screen
with a pull down menu to enable someone to logon to another computer
where I had suitably added lines in Xaccess (* CHOOSER BROADCAST)
to enable it to do this.
But this did not happen. I did not get any pull down menu.
I think I do not understand how to use the chooser program. Did not
find any clear usage indication about it in the HOWTOS.
I did try to manually run the chooser program on a machine after starting
X in it. I could get it to accept the address of the other machine,
but it gave me an error, something of the following sort:
"serverrh.jgec.ac.in willing but problem in /etc/X11/xdm/Xwilling"
(serverrh.jgec.ac.in is the machine I was trying to connect to).
Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?
Any suggestions/comments/corrections ?
Regards,
Santanu
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