>>>>> "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 (of course, give your own host name). -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>