Re: Logging into X remotely
XDMCP works great. Run XDM (or KDM, or GDM) on the Athlon. Run "X -query
host-or-ip-of-athlon". Works great. I've been doing this for over a year,
for very similar reasons...
On Sunday 31 August 2003 17:45, Piers Kittel wrote:
> Sorry about not being very clear...
>
> I'm just trying to explain what I would like to do - the requirements I
> said earlier isn't set into stone - let me try again:
>
> I've got a 1.4GHz Athlon PC and a 100MHz 486 laptop. I'd like the
> 100MHz laptop to "log in" and use the power of the Athlon rather than
> processing everything locally on the 486 - as much as possible would be
> nice.
>
> Cheers - Piers
>
> Carlos Sousa wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 04:19:42 -0700 Steve Lamb wrote:
> >>On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:16:00 +0100
> >>
> >>Carlos Sousa <csousa@tvtel.pt> wrote:
> >>>On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 04:06:39 -0700 Steve Lamb wrote:
> >>>>On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:42:09 +0100
> >>>>
> >>>>Piers Kittel <edinfo-list@biased.org> wrote:
> >>>>>Is it possible at all for X on a computer to log in another
> >>>>>computer remotely?
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes. Look into XDMCP.
> >>>
> >>>Another option would be VNC.
> >>
> >> Not with the parameters he specified. Eg local X server, no
> >> remote X server.
> >
> > His post is not clear, but I think he means it the other way around
> > (parenthesis are mine):
> >
> > I.e. one computer has XDM and WMaker on it, but without an XFree86
> > server (the client?), another computer has a XFree86 server (the
> > server?), the computer with WMaker on, logs on to the XFree86 and
> > shows the XDM login dialog box (???), and then logs into the server,
> > and see the whole display just as if it was on the other computer?
> >
> > It's not exactly clear what he means, though, but this business of
> > logging in to another computer's display is easily achievable with
> > VNC, even if he has to scrap his original requirement details,
> > whatever they were.
> >
> > Cheers,
--
David Corbin <dcorbin@machturtle.com>
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