Thanks Marty, Xnest looks like a winner.
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 09:15, Marty Ferguson wrote: > In the past, GLOBAL offered courses where XNEST was part > of the curriculum, but must of the instructors have been > shitcanned and the courses have probably been dropped. > > http://www.xfree86.org/current/Xnest.1.html > > The sour grapes leave such a taste in my mouth. > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:42 PM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] How do I connect to a remote X client? > > > Ryan Leathers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > How can I connect to a remote X client? > > Lets start here. We need to get our terminology straight. > Perhaps the answers will show themselves. > > A "client" is an application which wants to draw boxes on glass. > A "server" is an application which services a client, and does the > glass-drawing. The server runs on the box in front of you, the > client runs somewhere else. > > Generally, you don't "connect to" a client, but rather the client > connects to you. > > There's an application (XDM) which manages a display for a host. > It does things like put up an X-based "Login/Password" screen > and allows you to choose your desktop manager. > > The client which connects to this is called XDMc and the daemon > which runs this client is XDMcd. > > Am I on the right track for what you're looking to do? > > > Can I run a Gnome display from > > some remote host in a window inside my default display? Can I do it in > > a virtual console? > > It seems like you want an XDMc on your local box to display the > XDM logon for a remote box, either inside an X-window of a > local X display, or by creating a seperate X-display on a different > virtual console of the local box. Is this near right? > > I'd never seen a remote X console run in a window, except through > VNC (which you say you don't want to do). I've seen the latter done. > If you did this, you'd be able to do something like ALT-F9 and > have a Gnome desktop from another box; starting x-load (for example) > within that Gnome would show you the load on the remote host.. > > If I'm understanding you right, you want to investigate XDMcp > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/ > > > Sent: Jun 8, 2004 1:26 PM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] How do I connect to a remote X client? > > Let me add one more thing... > > I can open a virtual console, log in, and type something like > X :2 -indirect 123.123.123.123 and get a chooser. I know this gets me > from point A to point B, but it won't do when it comes time to script > this. How can I get to point B in a script? > > Thanks, > > Ryan > > > On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 13:12, Ryan Leathers wrote: > > How can I connect to a remote X client? Can I run a Gnome display from > > some remote host in a window inside my default display? Can I do it in > > a virtual console? > > > > I think I'm groping in the right area but it hasn't dawned on me how to > > do this. > > > > I have a PC which starts up in runlevel 5 and runs gnome. I want it to > > do this every time it boots - this part works fine today. I want to be > > able to connect to some remote host and run full screen (or nearly full > > screen) while retaining the ability to toggle between the two displays. > > Since I know I will get some well intended suggestions which won't be > > the least bit helpful, here is a list of things I don't want help with: > > > > I do NOT want to run chooser to do this - I always want my local X on my > > default display when I boot. > > I do not want to tunnel individual x apps through ssh. > > I do not want to use VNC instead. > > > > FYI, once I understand how to do this I will want to script up a VPN > > client connection followed by an X connection to a remote host. I know > > how to handle the VPN part already. > > > > -- > > Ryan Leathers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Global Knowledge > -- > Ryan Leathers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Global Knowledge > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > -- > Steve Holton > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- Ryan Leathers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Global Knowledge -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
