Re: Help in understanding XDMCP required

2006-07-31 Thread E Frank Ball
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 09:42:45AM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote: > I suggest you remove the line which loads the vnc module and try again. > > A potential 'gotcha' is that, depending on the contents of the file > ~/.vnc/xstartup, the VNC server might launch the same window manager > that your display

Re: Help in understanding XDMCP required

2006-07-31 Thread CJ van den Berg
On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 08:34:09PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > I have been able, with a second ssh hop onto my workstation from the server > (also forwarding X) to run individual X based applications so that the > display is on the laptop, but I can't figure out how to get it to operate so > t

Re: Help in understanding XDMCP required

2006-07-31 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:41:03 +0100 Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 30 July 2006 08:54, Liam O'Toole wrote: [...] > > I second the proposal that a solution based on VNC is your best > > bet. It should even be possible to run a VNC viewer on your laptop > > and connect to your

Re: Help in understanding XDMCP required

2006-07-30 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sunday 30 July 2006 08:54, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:41:28 -0500 > > Bob Smither <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 20:34 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > > [...] > > > > I have been able, with a second ssh hop onto my workstation from > > > the server (also for

Re: Help in understanding XDMCP required

2006-07-30 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:41:28 -0500 Bob Smither <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 20:34 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: [...] > > > > I have been able, with a second ssh hop onto my workstation from > > the server (also forwarding X) to run individual X based > > applications so tha

Re: Help in understanding XDMCP required

2006-07-29 Thread Bob Smither
On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 20:34 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > In my house, I have two linux machines, both running debian. > > One, a server, acts as the firewall /gateway between my internal network and > the external internet and runs sshd. I have a logon account on this machine. > > The other is

Re: Help in understanding XDMCP required (p.s.)

2006-07-29 Thread Digby Tarvin
Another fairly easy approach I forgot to mention would be VNC, but in that would involve opening the appropriate port on your router, and replacing cygwin/X with a vncviewer on the laptop. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.com http://

Re: Help in understanding XDMCP required

2006-07-29 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 08:34:09PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > In my house, I have two linux machines, both running debian. > > One, a server, acts as the firewall /gateway between my internal network and > the external internet and runs sshd. I have a logon account on this machine. > > The o

Help in understanding XDMCP required

2006-07-29 Thread Alan Chandler
In my house, I have two linux machines, both running debian. One, a server, acts as the firewall /gateway between my internal network and the external internet and runs sshd. I have a logon account on this machine. The other is my workstation, and runs KDM to allow me to logon and run KDE. I a