Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>>> "Brian" == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > esoR> # /etc/init.d/wdm stop # X -indirect localhost > > esoR> and I get an X background with a mouse cursor but no wdm > esoR> panel. I, once again, assume that this is the correct > esoR> behavior. So I am now thinking, do I pass these options to X > esoR> via the /etc/X11/wdm/Xservers file? If so the syntax is > esoR> beyond me at the moment. I would like to think that I am not > esoR> as dumb as a bag of hammers but facts tend to implicate me > esoR> as so being :-/ > > Oh, sorry, I must have read that too fast, I though you said that the > above command worked. > > Oh, I see, you have stopped the wdm server... Of course X is not going > to be able to talk to the display manager on localhost if you just > killed the display manager... > > I think you want to reconfigure wdm so it doesn't start the X server > automatically (I use gdm, sorry I can't remember how to do it on wdm, > except I know it is very simple), then the above X command will work > if wdm is running at the time. > > Another command you might find of some use is > > X -query remotehost.com.au
Well, actually in addition to what I mentionned in the previous mail (repeated here for convenience): Install also xdm, or get the "chooser" executable from xdm. In /etc/X11/wdm/wdm-config, add: ! Use our chooser DisplayManager*chooser: <path-to-chooser> You need to tell wdm to stop managing the local display (strip the "#0 local /usr/bin/X11" line from /etc/X11/wdm/Xservers). Restart wdm. Run "X -indirect localhost". Eventually, use the mentionned script to do this via the inittab. Phil.