on the one that you want to log in to ( called the client ), in the file /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config, ensure that the following line
DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 DOES NOT EXIST - or is commented out. You may need to restart X to enable this. on the one you wish to log in from ( the server ), type X :1 -query A ( where A identifies the machine - either an IP address or a name that resolves ) And you should be up and running. <Crtl><Alt><F7> should return you to your original desktop, and <Crtl><Alt><F8> will return you to the remote one. hth, Steve On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:54:36 +1300 John Mallett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks I will try that. I have not had any luck yet. I think that my server > is > set up ok. Should lsof -in run from the server should show open ports for X > > > On Monday 18 February 2008 09:42:32 am Nick Rout wrote: > > Addendum: the other way of invoking a remote login is: > > > > X -ac -broadcast > > > > -broadcast will find any XDMCP servers on your LAN. > > > > On Mon, February 18, 2008 9:31 am, Nick Rout wrote: > > > It is often quite distro dependent and I haven't used fedora since it was > > > redhat (if you know what I mean). > > > > > > However there are quite a few settings (which can be in different places > > > per distro). The first thing you have to do is set up X on A to accept > > > connections over the network. google or look at fedoras docos for > > > references to XDMCP which is the acronym for the technology involved. > > > Once you have it going, from B run: > > > > > > X -ac -query A > > > > > > if you already have an X session running on B you will need to add :1 to > > > the end of the command to tell it to open a second X session (the first > > > one is :0) so the command would be: > > > > > > X -ac -query A :1 > > > > > > On Sun, February 17, 2008 10:05 pm, John Mallett wrote: > > >> I have two computers A and B and would like to log into A from B using > > >> xdm > > >> but > > >> am unsure of how to do it. I am running fedora 8. Any thoughts > > > > > > -- > > > Nick Rout > >
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