>
> Louis> Thanks for a detailed explanation. Ok Now as I understand I
> Louis> install
> XFREE86 on my Master PC running windows 2000. I am downloading cgywin
> at the quoted url. I am letting it download all the stuff. I see that
> Xfree86 is there as well from the install package.
>ok, good.
Louis> After a week I finally installed XFREE86 on my master PC Windows
2000.
It just took forever to download on a dialup account.
> Louis> I am confused here. Once Linux is installed on the slave PC.
> Louis> What's the
> tool I use to configure the Linux box to export displays.
>good question. Google around a bit for stuff on "xdm" or "gdm" (they
are both incarnations of the same technology). There >is also the
possibility that you're running a third program called "kdm". Alas they
all have different configuration
>>mechanisms. If it's xdm (which it probably won't be), you need to edit
a configuration file with a text editor. I think
>there's something at www.tldp.org about it, but otherwise, googling for
"xdmcp" or "xdm" or something will tell you what
>you need to know.
>gdm uses a program called "gdmsetup" to configure it. You need to be
'root' to run it (although if you're not, my system >
>prompts for root password, yours may also). You need to go to the xdmcp
tab and enable xdmcp, enable "honour indirect
>requests", and if you like, fiddle with all the numbers except the port
number (they're fairly self explanatory)
Louis>
1. I logged in on the slave PC on the Linux OS as root;
2. Open an xterm, and typed gdm. [ Linux said gdm is already running.
Aborting]
3. I went to the graphical windows that came up when Linux opened [this
windows has things like "Favourites", "Preferences", "Server
Configuration", "System Settings" etc.... ] Is this the right window you
are talking about?
4. I clicked on "System Settings" and I only see tabs "Hardware",
"Devices" ," Hosts", and "DNS".
On "Hosts" tab I see that the following details:
IP: 127.0.0.1;
Name: localhost.localdomain;
Aliasses: localhost
I am still stuck with "gdm". I cannot see the "XDCMP" tab as stated
above.
I have searched from Google, and cannot see something specific that
tells me how to run this XDCMP stuff.
>What distribution are you using? you might have mentioned but I've
forgotten. Hopefully someone here can tell you what the default display
manager (that's what the dm part is for) is and if there's an easy way
to get to the configuration tool for it.
Louis> Red hat Linux 7.2
>Now, after configuring your chosen dm, you will need to restart it. You
can do this without rebooting, but if you're new to all this, a reboot
is probably the easiest way to do it.
Louis> Can't do that as I am stuck above.
>
> Now if I understand above once I start the X server on the Master PC
> running Windows 2000 and see this Linux desktop right there, and I
> click on it will this connect to Linux on the Slave PC ?
>rougly. You need to tell the X server to connect to the right computer,
then you'll be presented with a login screen, and >you can login and use
the computer as previously explained.
>I'm not using windows right now, but I think the commands (to run in
>cmd.exe) you'd be looking for to do this would be something like this
(can anyone point to an easier way?):
cd \cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
XWin -query <IP of "slave" computer>
>and put the IP in as necessary. Other options for that second line if
it doesn't work are as follows:
XWin -broadcast
(note: no IP address)
OR
XWin -indirect <IP of "slave" computer>
>Acutally, in hindsight, it's probably this last one you want. If all
goes well, you should get a big grey window on your >
>computer, and a few seconds later you should see the login screen that
you see on your linux box when you start it up.
Louis> tried "Xwin -query 127.0.0.1". An X window opened like in Exceed
but I see no Linux login as yet for the above reasons.
>
> Any I have connected all PCs to the hub, and turned them all on. I am
> in windows in both of them, what do I do to even see if I can access
> the drives from the other PC, or test that the networking is ok ?
>ping is the canonical test of network connectivity. Ping each machine
from the other. The command you use (it's the same >
>on windows and linux)
>is:
ping <IP of other computer>
>oh, and in case you don't know what the IP is on either box, you use
the "ipconfig" command to find out on windows, and "/sbin/ifconfig eth0"
on Linux.
Louis> I got the IP addresses. However typing the "sbin/ifconfig eth0"
for Linux on slave PC returned something that made no sense to me.
>From the master PC running Windows 2000, I can ping the
"Autoconfiguration IP Address" returned from an "ipconfig" for the
"Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection" of the slave PC running Windows
2000. However I still cannot map the network drives of the slave PC
running windows 2000 onto the master PC. Any hints on what step I am
missing ??
>From Linux machine a ping test on the "Autoconfiguration IP Address"
returned from an "ipconfig" for the "Ethernet Adapter Local Area
Connection" of the Master PC running Windows 2000 returned "Network is
unreacheable".
Am I using the right IP addresses here ?
Any comments or help on this is welcome.
In the meantime I am continuing to Googling around the web, and see what
I can find.
Louis.
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