On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 07:08:20PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > Other than GDM and KDM, are there any other graphical login managers > that allow a client to login to a remote machine via XDMCP? I was > hoping that WDM (Wings Display Manager) could do this, but I have not > seen any option on the login screen to connect to a remote machine.
WDM is based on XDM, which does have xdmcp capabilities. That said, I find both to be very frustrating and feature-poor. > > I have a really lean old Toshiba laptop that I am wanting to put a very > minimal Debian installation on and essentially run it as a thin client > connected to a more hefty system. GDM is too resource intensive (I > think) for this old laptop, unless there is a way to get GDM without all > the additional GNOME baggage that normally goes with it. gdm's GUI is only used before you login. Its daemon is not that resource intensive. -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
