Specifically, I want to be able to turn off the screen on the client machine, which can be accomplished by running a special executable on the client. The image I am running locally (based on Midori) came with IceWM pre-configured to run this executable when the user hit the 'power' switch on the keyboard. Makes it behave more like an appliance if you have 'instant-on' and 'instant-off' (so to speak).
Another possibility I've considered would be to not use XDMCP but instead NFS mount everything and invoke it from the client. I'm not concerned about NFS security issues because this is just in my house. The only way I can think of doing this would be to start X locally, open an xterm, log into the server, and run apps from there.
The display would be the client, but the CPU would be the server's.
Any better ways? The main reason I'm considering some workaround is because I'm assuming the problem has to be with the XDMCP connection.
-- Bobman
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]