I found the solution - XDMCP allows you to login remote and kdm/gnome desktops will function as local. This is great!
For others that want to do it, I used the 'Linux XDMCP HOWTO' to configure it, and it worked on the first try. Mark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph A Nagy Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 6:40 PM Subject: Re: starting kde/gnome > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 14 September 2003 19:29, Mark McDonald wrote this in an > attempt to be witty or informative: > > I'm using cygwin/Xfree86 for X windows hosting on > > windows - I'm pretty sure > > that using PuTTY is a similiar solution to what I've > > got (but it might be a > > PuTTY fits on a floppy disk (340+KB). I also suggest WinSCP321 (sFTP > client (sFTP is part of SSH so nothing extra to install if you have > sshd running)) as it will fit on the same floppy as PuTTY (WinSCP is > around 758KB). > > > smaller footprint). I know I should use SSH, and will > > if I open it to the > > firewall. Right now, I just want a way to log into > > the Linux box from the > > other computers on the LAN. > > Well, you should be able to just issue 'startx' like normal and your > local display manager /should/ take it from there. If not, try kdm and > gdm (K Desktop Manager and Gnome Desktop Manager respectively). > > > > > So what I'm looking for is what command *should* I use > > to run Gnome &/or KDE > > ie. what is supposed to start these correctly. > > > > Mark. > <snip> > > Not having done this myself (on the computers I remotely log in from, > I'm not able to install additional software). > > - -- > Wielder of the mighty +1 LARTsaber of Unsubscribe Instructions At End of > Message, the +3 Clue-by-Four of No Attachments to a Mailing List, and > the -4 Shield of No Spell Checker. > http://joseph-a-nagy-jr.homelinux.org http://mc-luug.homelinux.org/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/ZQphnjt9jEvKYeARAgbbAKCYHUcSjMwUtORhfZhf99iyb0u46ACfQW6c > JqcDBTAYqPaPfDOc/NkDJ7I= > =6qkl > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
