On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 04:54:09PM -0800, Nicholas Metsovon wrote: > > > > > An even easier way is to run DSL in text mode (I > > believe you type: DSL 2 at the boot prompt), then run X > > like this: X -query myltspserver > > > > > > That'll give you a full desktop gui from the ltsp > > server. I have to give credit to Les Mikesell on the > > K12LTSP list for teaching me this trick years > > > ago. > > > > > A couple of clarifications: > > > > 1) you need to be root to do this (booting DSL 2 will give > > you a root prompt) > > 2) XDMCP needs to be enabled on the server, I think. > > > > -Rob > > Thanks. Have you tried it on DSL lately? I just get a whole bunch of text > telling me the different options - like I'm not passing it something it > needs. > I tried DSL 1.2.1 (not nearly a current version), and it behaved just like you said. I tried with Knoppix 5.1.1 and it worked. I think the difference is that DSL uses TinyX and Knoppix uses XFree or Xorg (can't remember which).
I ran my test on a 233 MHz P2 with 64 MB of RAM. I got a GDM screen and successfully logged into a Gnome session, but didn't test any further than that. Sorry about my mistake! -Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
