Jack, Thanks for your response -- some followup interspersed below:
On Wednesday 26 March 2003 11:40 am, Jack Coates wrote: > On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 04:38, Randy Kramer wrote: > > I had some trouble getting a Mandrake 9.0 installation to act as an > > "application server" accessed from an X terminal. I finally got it > > working -- I found that kdm (or xdm or gdm) was not running (even > > though I was using kde locally (on that machine) just fine. > > > > I started kdm, and after a few false starts, was able to connect > > from a remote X terminal. (Prior to any of this, I had gotten a > > Knoppix installation to work as an application server, and had gone > > through the drill of commenting and uncommenting the appropriate > > lines in /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess, .../xdm-config, and > > /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc ([Xdmcp]=false to true).) > > > > Two questions: > > > > 1. Is this the intended behavior in Mandrake, or should this be > > logged as a bug? > > intended. > > > 2. Where is the most appropriate place (file) to add the kdm > > command so it restarts on every boot, etc.? > > Use init level 5 -- edit /etc/inittab. Hmm, I'm thinking I miscommunicated -- Mandrake does start up in run level 5 (id:5:initdefault: in /etc/inittab) -- even so, and even though kde runs fine locally (in X), there is no display manager running (kdm, gdm, or xdm). When I do a ps -Al | grep dm, the only thing that comes up is a line for prefdm. This is what I was asking about -- Is this the intended behavior in Mandrake (9.0)? (In addition to the two possibilities I was thinking of when I first sent the email (that this was intended behavior, but unusual, or that this was a bug) there is a third possibility -- that I have somehow hosed my system so that no display manager runs.) As an aside, I didn't know kde could run without a display manager -- if someone can comment on that I'm sure I'll learn something. Or, maybe I'm misunderstanding you now -- maybe you're suggesting I edit the rc file for runlevel 5 (whatever its name is) and add "kdm"? regards, Randy Kramer > > > Thanks! I am still subscribed to this mailing list, and will try > > to scan for a response (I'll try to find a "watch this thread" > > setting or similar), but with the high traffic on this list, I > > would appreciate an email cc. > > > > regards, > > Randy Kramer > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > >___ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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