Thanks David. That works great!
-cb
>From: David Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Charlie Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Run-Level 5 Login config file
>Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:17:27 -0500
>
>Charlie Brown wrote:
> >
> > I have 5 old laptops setup in my home as Linux terminals. Since they use
> > PCMCIA nics I can't get a boot rom or floppy for them. No problem I just
> > have Linux boot from the Hard drive in run level 3, login as root
>locally,
> > and issue
> > X -query 192.168.0.254
> > That works great. My question is: How can I get this to happen
> > automatically? Currently, if I let them come up in run level 5 I get the
>GUI
> > login but it's for the local host. I want to login to the server.
> >
> > SuSe 7.2 (server and laptops)
> > LTSP 3.0
> > KDE2
>
>Change your inittab:
><x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
> >x:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/X -query 192.168.0.254
>
>If you want, you can change it this way, instead:
><x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
> >rx:4:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/X -query 192.168.0.254
> >lx:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
>
>This runs rx ("Remote X") in runlevel 4, and lx ("Local X") in runlevel
>5. I did this so that I could take my laptop with me when I'm out of
>the office. If you do this, don't forget to consider security issues;
>in the office, you have a firewall protecting your LAN, but out of the
>office you have to assume that everything connected to your network is
>bad.
>
>
>-David
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