On 6/10/2011 6:24 μμ, n dhert wrote:
Hi, In your labserver, do you have a graphical login window at your labserver or not ? I don't want a graphical login, since I can't get anymore to the login prompt via Ctrl Alt F1
No graphical login. My lab server stops at the console login prompt.
In KDM, the config directory is /usr/local/share/config/kdm for kdm window manager, there is no Xservers file, and I can't see any file .. there are Xaccess, Xwilling, Xstartup, Xreset, Xsession files and a large kdmrc file. There are no man pages for kdm, kdm-bin, Xaccess, etc... I tried setting ServerCmd="" instead of ServerCmd=/usr/local/bin/X -br in the kdmrc file ... Now I only have /usr/local/bin/kdm-bin running, not /usr/local/bin/X
Don't really know how KDM handles this. You could however - as a last resort - disable KDM and use xdm as your login manager. It is a bit "rough" (see login screens here http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonic2000gr/5033230929/in/set-72157625053818002) but it can start up any GUI using a simple .xsession file (xdm is not installed along with X but it is a very small port, x11/xdm).
Am I right to believe the primary role of a local X server (local= on labserver) is to have a graphical environment on that labserver machine ?
Yes, absolutely. There is no need to run a GUI on the lab server. It's a waste of CPU cycles and memory.
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