> Since there is some confusion I'll clarify a little more. I think the confusion is because you got some of your terminology backwards in your original post.
On the junk PC you are running an X server and displaying X client applications from the everyday PC on it. > I'm logging into the junk PC and starting X -broadcast. Now what I _get_ > when I do that is access to the devices on my desktop within the X > session, what I'd _like_ is to get access to the devices on the junk PC. You could install LTSP on the everyday PC and set it up to use local devices. Or, you could run 2 instances of X on the junk PC. Ctl-Alt-F7 would run local client apps and access local devices and Ctl-Alt-F8 would run remote client apps accessing remote devices. Or you could do the same on the everyday PC where Ctl-Alt-F8 would access client apps and devices on the junk PC. Then the junk PC could go headless and just sit in the corner. Better yet, from the everyday PC you could ssh in to the junk PC, export $DISPLAY=everydaypc:0 and run your favourite CD burning application. It will display on the everyday PC, but run on the junk PC using the junk PC's devices. I do this from my Windows PC at work using Cygwin/X. Instructions are on the wiki at http://clug.net.nz/index.php/Cygwin. -- Later David Kirk
