On 2010-08-21, Christopher Zimmermann <madro...@zakweb.de> wrote: > On 08/21/10 17:27, Christopher Zimmermann wrote: >> On 08/21/10 16:45, Jean-Francois wrote: >>> Hi All, >> >>> I've understood that unixes are made to work as workstations and that >> gnome >>> and kde could handle that. >>> >>> Could you please help me to get on the way to make remote connections >>> possible to gnome for session login and desktop use ? >> >> Here's an excerpt from a setup on a debian lenny server, should work with >> OpenBSD as well. If you need some more tipps or other configs I missed, >> just >> ask. Also note that XDMCP is no secure protocol. Only use it via trusted >> links. >> Other options would be to run one of the vpn-X-servers, possibly >> launched via >> gdm. > > arrrg, no, of course not vpn, vnc is what I meant. For example have a > look at the thightvnc package.
The tightvnc server is based on a horribly old version of X11 and has various portability problems. If x11vnc can do what you need that's likely to be a much better choice (it's not a standalone X server though). ssvnc makes quite a good (and fast) viewer.
