Re: X on a virtual server
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:59:52AM -0400, William Hopkins wrote:
> On 06/26/11 at 03:11am, Eric d'Halibut wrote:
> > I'm thinking that in order to set up a remote X login to a given
> > machine, that X must be running and configured on that machine. But X
> > doesn't want to configure itself on a "virtual private server" that
> > has NO PHYSICAL VIDEO CARD, or so it seems to me at present.
>
> yes, if you want to log in remotely to X, X must be present VNC is
> designed for this purpose. VNC will run a virtual X server and allow you
> to connect to it remotely.
The other alternative is XDMCP, which is designed for this sort of thing.
This may be of some use:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/
> Liam
--Greg
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