Re: [zones-discuss] GDM connect to GDM in a zone ?
On 1 feb 2010, at 22:22, Edward Pilatowicz wrote: > i've never tried this, but i'd recommend figuring out if gdm can be run > as an xdmcp server. > > optionally, you could also run Xvnc within the zone. That is an option I had not thought about... > > or you could ssh -X to the zone and remote display your apps. That’s no problem but I would like to run a full session in the zone. > > if you're tring to run gdm in the zone to access local hardware > (graphics card, keyboard, mouse, etc) that will be a difficult, since X > now uses hal (which depends on dbus) to discover hardware. i'm not sure > how you could work around this (my X foo is not that strong). > IMHO there is no reason for the local zone to access any hardware. The X server would be running in the global zone. On Solaris 10 this setup worked without any problems. Dtlogin provided XDMCP services in the local zone and the dtlogin in the global zone allowed me to connect to that local zone using the chooser. Paul > ed > > > On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 04:54:19PM +0100, Paul van der Zwan wrote: >> Is it possible to run GDM inside a zone on b131 ? I would like to have a >> zone I can use to run stuff like netbeans etc in, and >> I don’t want to use the global zone for that. >> >> As far as I can tell the gdm smf service depends on dbus and that is marked >> as global zone only. >> One more complication is that gdm is missing the old dtlogin option to >> select a remote host to connect to. >> Or is that option hidden/disabled by default ? >> >> TIA >> Paul >> >> ___ >> zones-discuss mailing list >> zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] GDM connect to GDM in a zone ?
i've never tried this, but i'd recommend figuring out if gdm can be run as an xdmcp server. optionally, you could also run Xvnc within the zone. or you could ssh -X to the zone and remote display your apps. if you're tring to run gdm in the zone to access local hardware (graphics card, keyboard, mouse, etc) that will be a difficult, since X now uses hal (which depends on dbus) to discover hardware. i'm not sure how you could work around this (my X foo is not that strong). ed On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 04:54:19PM +0100, Paul van der Zwan wrote: > Is it possible to run GDM inside a zone on b131 ? I would like to have a zone > I can use to run stuff like netbeans etc in, and > I dont want to use the global zone for that. > > As far as I can tell the gdm smf service depends on dbus and that is marked > as global zone only. > One more complication is that gdm is missing the old dtlogin option to select > a remote host to connect to. > Or is that option hidden/disabled by default ? > > TIA > Paul > > ___ > zones-discuss mailing list > zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] GDM connect to GDM in a zone ?
Sorry to not add any further information. But I wanted to say that I'm needing this sort of functionality to help me with a project, so Ill be looking into it :) Ben -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] GDM connect to GDM in a zone ?
On 02/ 1/10 04:54 PM, Paul van der Zwan wrote: Is it possible to run GDM inside a zone on b131 ? I would like to have a zone I can use to run stuff like netbeans etc in, and I don’t want to use the global zone for that. As far as I can tell the gdm smf service depends on dbus and that is marked as global zone only. One more complication is that gdm is missing the old dtlogin option to select a remote host to connect to. Or is that option hidden/disabled by default ? I used this option quite heavenly on solaris 10. I ran a special user zone for logins. This option is not available in OpenSolaris (yet). It is a pity, because a GUI login to zones would be most welcome. Is it planned? ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
