On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 13:09, Jim Cheetham wrote:
> OK, the Explora (which is a little box :-) is running an X11 server,
> which works. It offers a "login host" chooser, which sends an XDMCP
> broadcast, and is answered by a number of different machines. I choose
> my workstation, and get given a kdm login screen. That's fine.
>
> Then I actually log in, and at this point (I presume) the KDE
> applications are requiring a GLX extension of some sort, which the
> Explora doesn't have. It sounds like the answer here is to simply not
> run kdm or any kde applications ... ?
It does look as if KDE requires OpenGL. Running ldd over konqueror
(3.2.2) I see the line
libGL.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x414ad000)
which answers that question. Can you install GLUT on the Explora? It
will not provide fast OpenGL performance, but the system will be
network-bound rather than CPU bound so you have some bogoMIPS to burn.
> But, given that I want to run kdm on my workstation, what are my choices
> for providing something different to the Explora? Can I start a whole
> extra X11 server to run an XDM that's available over XDMCP?
The server is running on the Explora, not the remote machine.
> Will that extra server have to do anything with my workstation's
> display? Can I ask it to not bother with the local hardware, and just
> talk to XDMCP?
You can with GDM with the "--no-console" option on the client so it does
not start up a login screen. You will always have to start a display
manager on the server so it can launch the XDMCP greeter.
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Michael JasonSmith http://www.ldots.org/
