Matt,
This worked flawlessly. Well, not quite flawlessly, I had trouble
disconnecting from the server. I ended up switching to a console (ctl-alt-F1)
and killing X and kdm. There's gotta be a better way to close the session
than that. I'll keep looking into it.
Thanks,
Tim
On Tuesday 10 July 2001 11:25 am, you wrote:
> VNC is like a Remotely Possible. But it is unnecessary to do what you are
> trying to do....
>
> X-Windows is by nature a networked windowing system. This means that it
> can act like Terminal Services, allowing multiple sessions at the same time
> across the network, as opposed to sharing the only one (that shows up on
> the computer screen) like RP or pcAnywhere.
>
> Study the /etc/X11/kdm/Xaccess file. You do NOT want a Chooser setup,
> because that (IIRC) just acts as a "Central Directory" for available X
> Servers to log into.
> I (on my protected home network) uncommented the line with a single "*" on
> it, meaning accept a GUI-login connection from anyone. There are various
> ACL capabilities in this file you may want to consider. Then, restart your
> X-Server on the server host. (CTRL-ALT-BKPSC).
>
> On the machine you'd like to log in FROM, you want to be in Runlevel 3
> (CLI). From the commandline, type something like:
>
> X -query <IP OF TERMINAL SERVER>
>
> and it should bring up a GUI login screen. There are many better accounts
> of this config, but I hope this serves as a decent overview.
>
>
>
>
> Tim Wunder
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> 07/10/01 11:07
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> Please respond
> to linux-users
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> Can I get a GUI login from my upstairs PC running Mandrake 8.0 to my
> downstairs PC running Caldera eD2.4? I'd like to be able to login to my
> desktop and run my KDE apps if my wife happens to be downstairs on the
> main PC (and vice versa). I would think that this should be fairly
> straght-forward, linux being built for networking and all. Is this what
> VNC is for? I thought VNC was intended to be used when connecting to a
> linux server from some other O/S (Win, Mac, etc).
> Care to hit me with a clue stick?
> Regards,
> Tim
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