Re: XDMCP Capable Login Managers
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 07:08:20PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote:
> Other than GDM and KDM, are there any other graphical login managers
> that allow a client to login to a remote machine via XDMCP? I was
> hoping that WDM (Wings Display Manager) could do this, but I have not
> seen any option on the login screen to connect to a remote machine.
WDM is based on XDM, which does have xdmcp capabilities.
That said, I find both to be very frustrating and feature-poor.
>
> I have a really lean old Toshiba laptop that I am wanting to put a very
> minimal Debian installation on and essentially run it as a thin client
> connected to a more hefty system. GDM is too resource intensive (I
> think) for this old laptop, unless there is a way to get GDM without all
> the additional GNOME baggage that normally goes with it.
gdm's GUI is only used before you login. Its daemon is not that resource
intensive.
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