Re: X on a virtual server
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 01:44:12PM -0400, Eric d'Halibut wrote:
> On 6/26/11, Gregory Seidman <gsslist+debian@anthropohedron.net> wrote:
>
> > The other alternative is XDMCP, which is designed for this sort of thing.
>
> I don't think so. It -- XDMCP -- afaik requires a running X, and X
> requires a video device. I learn that even X.org's "dummy" driver is
> itself a dummy!
No, XDMCP does not require running X (on the server). I don't know if gdm
or kdm can do it, though I'd expect so, but xdm is perfectly happy to run
headless. See this thread from 1999:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1999/07/msg01406.html
> I am going to try x11vnc. Thank you all!
Not a bad choice, but not necessarily the best either. It depends on your
purpose.
--Greg
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