Hello, I expect you can netboot with the device. But you need a tftp server and your own DHCP server for that. Read about it, X2go offers what you want.
GDM/XDMCP is the wrong way. X2go don't uses it. That's for LTSP. With regards, Paul van der Vlis. Johnson Lukose schreef: > Dear Sirs, may I post a question regarding a non-x2go issue? > > If it is ok, here is my query; > I have Linux Mint 8 (Helena / Ubuntu 9.10) installed on my desktop at > home. A friend of mine was clearing his office and gave me a piece of > Wyse Winterm WT5420XL. I grabbed it with the view of connecting this > thin client to my desktop so that my family can access the desktop. > > I thought it was plug and play but it is not so. I don't know where to > begin / how to get started. > > I looked at http://www.wyse.com but WT5420XL was not even listed in the > product range! The firmware is Winterm 5000 series / V1.0.6 (Build > 407). The closest is WT5440XL. Anyway, the website has only references > of hooking up to Citrix or similar high priced thin client server > environments. There is no reference of hooking up to a standard Linux > Mint / Ubuntu desktop, for any of their products in their product range. > > I am connected to the internet via an Aztech ADSL (4-port + Wifi) > router-modem. This Aztech router-modem is the DHCP server. I connected > the WT5420XL to this router-modem. My desktop is 192.168.1.100, the > WT5420XL is 192.168.1.101 > > In the WT5420XL Terminal Properties / Network I selected "Obtain an IP > address from a DHCP server". When I click to Terminal Properties / > SysInfo I can see that in the TCP/IP Settings the IP Address is > 192.168.1.101, Gateway 192.168.1.1 (Aztech router-modem). > > In /etc/gdm/custom.conf the setting is as follows; > ************************************************************ > # GDM configuration storage > > [xdmcp] > Enable=true > DisplaysPerHost=2 > > [chooser] > > [security] > > [debug] > > [daemon] > TimedLoginEnable=false > AutomaticLoginEnable=false > TimedLogin=johnson > AutomaticLogin=johnson > TimedLoginDelay=30 > ************************************************************ > In the Winterm Connection Manager / Configure I click on Add / New > Connection and select X Connection. In Winterm Connection Manager / > Configure / XSetup / Start I select "Remote Desktop Mode". In Winterm > Connection Manager / Configure / XSetup / Connect I select XDMCP-Query > and for XDMCP Server I enter 192.168.1.100. And I give this the Title > "Linux1". > > In In the Winterm Connection Manager / Connections I click on "Linux1", > the screen goes into black&white mode than a few seconds later the error > box "Xconnection error / No respond from XDMCP server." appears. > Clicking OK will bring me back to the Winterm Connection Manager screen. > > I have been searching the web and stumbled across x2go's website. > > If this is not an appropriate question here, please point me to a > relevant forum. > > thanks. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. > <https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > X2go-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev -- http://www.vandervlis.nl/ _______________________________________________ X2go-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev
