On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:24:44 +1200 Michael JasonSmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. Hmmm my konqueror is not linked to libGL ldd /usr/kde/3.2/bin/konqueror|grep -i gl gives an empty response I guess it depends who compiled it and with what options. I guess a look at the src.rpm file from your distro, and in particular the .spec file, would sort out what compilation options weere given. > > > 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. > -- > Michael JasonSmith http://www.ldots.org/ -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
