Hi Cajus, thanks for your hints - but it did not work - what did I do wrong?
* On the PC I checked /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess there was a "*" * On the PC I started xdm (login window) * On the Laptop I started X with "X -query 192.168.0.1" * On the Laptop I had the x-cursor only * After C-A-backspace on the laptop I saw the message "XDM: too many retransmissions" Dieter > Am Mittwoch 11 Juli 2001 12:27 schrieb Schoppitsch Dieter: > > Hi, > > > > I want to run X-Applications on my (old) laptop (486; Debian 2.0) while > > connected (via PLIP) to the Server (Pentium, Suse 7.1). > > > > On the laptop I installed the X-server - that means - I am able to move the > > mouse-cursor on the screen only (no menues, no window). On the server I > > installed the whole X-stuff (KDE, applications). > > In textmode I am able to ping and telnet the server. > > You've to tell the client that it should use the server, by typing something > like this: > > # X <some options> -query <name or ip of the server> > > On the server side you must look up an Xaccess file (don't know where it is > on SuSE systems) and either allow everyone to get a loginwindow, by putting > a "*" in there or simply specify the laptop name. > Also there's (on debian and redhat) a line to comment out in the xdm-config. > There's a comment about the access stuff in this file. > A restart of xdm/gdm/kdm/whatever is needed. > > Hope it helps, > -Cajus > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]