Re: XDMCP and GDM3

2011-12-01 Thread Martin Feuersänger
Hi Rob, Rob Owens wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 04:22:07PM +0100, Martin Feuersänger wrote: >> I know which files control the KDM behavior in regard to XDMCP (kdmrc >> and Xaccess, both in /etc/kde4/kdm/). >> But for GDM3 I have no idea where this is done. It just worked. Xaccess >> at /etc/X11

Re: XDMCP and GDM3

2011-11-29 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 04:22:07PM +0100, Martin Feuersänger wrote: > Hi list, > > a while ago we played a bit with XDMCP at the local LUG gathering here in > Frankfurt, Germany. > > One machine was running KDE 4.6.5 (sid) and the other Gnome 3 (squeeze). > > We managed to get a Chooser on each

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-11 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 13:51, Rob Owens wrote: > Maybe you should be using LTSP.  It will pxe boot pretty much anything, > and then do a remote GUI session to your server -- sound included. I don't want PXE, but rather two sessions (one local one remote), but i'll look into it, thanks. -- Mars

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-11 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 01:39:12PM +, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 01:38, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > >> Now it's pulseaudio, seems simple but i'm missing something (it's > >> listening!). > > > > ..for XDMCP connections? > > Well yeah, XDMCP doesn't carry sound. My progress

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-11 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 01:38, Arnt Karlsen wrote: >> Now it's pulseaudio, seems simple but i'm missing something (it's >> listening!). > > ..for XDMCP connections? Well yeah, XDMCP doesn't carry sound. My progress so far has been losing sound altogether, but got it back on. Both boxes have p

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-10 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:33:32 +, Nuno wrote in message : > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 19:28, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..ok, then it's back to my hint to find out if X is listening > > at all, to anything but localhost. > > I must've commented out the remote xdm-config once testing with Xming > wa

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-09 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 19:28, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..ok, then it's back to my hint to find out if X is listening > at all, to anything but localhost. I must've commented out the remote xdm-config once testing with Xming was done and forgot about it. After uncommenting it again the local gdm choo

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-08 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 13:56:13 +, Nuno wrote in message : > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 03:14, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..I lost you here, do you have your XDMCP connection working now??? > > No, manpages and comments in .conf files. ..ok, then it's back to my hint to find out if X is listening a

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-08 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 03:14, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..I lost you here, do you have your XDMCP connection working now??? No, manpages and comments in .conf files. -- Mars 2 Stay! http://xkcd.com/801/ /etc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "uns

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-07 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 00:50:13 +, Nuno wrote in message : > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 00:30, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..try ' ps axu |grep nolisten '. ;o) > > XDMCP works well with UDP and there's no reason to use TCP, SSH can > tunnel UDP. The only nolisten's i use are for TCP. ..I lost you here

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-07 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 00:30, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..try ' ps axu |grep nolisten '. ;o) XDMCP works well with UDP and there's no reason to use TCP, SSH can tunnel UDP. The only nolisten's i use are for TCP. -- Mars 2 Stay! http://xkcd.com/801/ /etc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-07 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 14:24:57 +, Nuno wrote in message : > Greetings, > > I've been trying to set up an XDMCP connection for a few days in my > LAN, to no avail. My current setup is: > - one desktop running two xservers, one managed by slim, the other by > xdm. I was able to connect to this xd

Re: XDMCP in GDM Not Working

2010-02-26 Thread Scarletdown
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Rob Owens wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 01:12:48AM -0800, Scarletdown wrote: > > I have GDM XDMCP enabled. However, when I select on the GDM screen to > login > > to a remote system via XDMCP, the system scans the netowrk and then > returns > > a claim of No S

Re: XDMCP in GDM Not Working

2010-02-25 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 01:12:48AM -0800, Scarletdown wrote: > I have GDM XDMCP enabled. However, when I select on the GDM screen to login > to a remote system via XDMCP, the system scans the netowrk and then returns > a claim of No Serving Hosts Were Found. > > I know this is wrong, because anot

Re: XDMCP build

2009-12-17 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2009-12-17, Jamie White wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone know a quick way I could a computer running a Linux build > solely for the purpose of XDMCP? > > Do a minimal install, then install xorg. Then you start the X server using the command 'X -query '. -- Liam O'Toole Birmingham, United Kingdom

Re: xdmcp remote login, can log in to the server from one computer but not another

2009-01-22 Thread Mike Bishop
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 06:48:37PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > I'm trying to setup xdmcp login on one of my servers. > > This server has two network interfaces (actually 4, but two active). > > I'm trying to log in to X using xdmcp (enabled via gdm config) from two > clients, one connected direc

Re: XDMCP Capable Login Managers

2008-08-30 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
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 l

Re: XDMCP question

2007-12-27 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Hüvely Balázs wrote: Hi All! I have a problem with XDMCP. It's works fine, i can connect it to XDMCP remote server, but i cannot disconnect from the session... I only able to log out, and re-login. How can I make detachable XDMCP sessions like in windows remote desktop. I do not think that i

Re: XDMCP

2007-04-29 Thread Matthew K Poer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Brockway wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007, Daniel D Jones wrote: > >>> One more thing: There is a reported but unfixded bug in kdm in >>> Debian/Ubuntu going back a long way which is causing some xdmcp >>> configurations to fail when they really a

Re: XDMCP

2007-04-29 Thread Robert Brockway
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007, Daniel D Jones wrote: One more thing: There is a reported but unfixded bug in kdm in Debian/Ubuntu going back a long way which is causing some xdmcp configurations to fail when they really are ok. If you look in your logs you'll see reports of kdm_greet getting memory corr

Re: XDMCP

2007-04-29 Thread Daniel D Jones
On Saturday 28 April 2007 15:23, Robert Brockway wrote: Thanks for the response. > On Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Daniel D Jones wrote: > > Running unstable. Trying to get XDMCP working via KDM. On the local > > host, everything works. KDM gives me a graphical login prompt, and KDE > > loads when I log

Re: XDMCP

2007-04-28 Thread Robert Brockway
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Daniel D Jones wrote: Running unstable. Trying to get XDMCP working via KDM. On the local host, everything works. KDM gives me a graphical login prompt, and KDE loads when I log in. From a remote machine, however, I get what appears to be a pure X session with no Windows

Re: xdmcp & Xwilling problems

2004-01-07 Thread Vittorio
Solved, at last! I just added a one-character-line made of an '*' to Xaccess file /etc/kde3/kdm Ciao Vittorio [EMAIL PROTECTED] [debian-user] <04/01/04 16:07 +0100>: > I'm trying ** for my first time ** to set up a simple X server communications > between a portable (PC1) and a desktop PC (PC2)

Re: XDMCP and client requirements

2003-03-07 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:52:44PM -0500, Bob Paige wrote: > What about running X locally and starting the window manager remotely? Doable, though I can't tell you offhand how to get the window manager to run remotely, since I don't recall where it's started from. > 1. less sensitive to NIC hiccu

Re: XDMCP and client requirements

2003-03-07 Thread Bob Paige
Dave Sherohman wrote: On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:19:04AM -0500, Bob Paige wrote: Another variable, just in case it will shed any light: I'm using a USB ethernet adapter (Linksys USB100M; very small). I've heard in the past of problems with USB ethernet adapters disconnecting and causing prob

Re: XDMCP and client requirements

2003-03-07 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:33:18AM -0500, Bob Paige wrote: > Another possibility I've considered would be to not use XDMCP but > instead NFS mount everything and invoke it from the client. Yeah, that works pretty well, provided the client's RAM and CPU are up to the task. > I'm not > concerned

Re: XDMCP and client requirements

2003-03-07 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:19:04AM -0500, Bob Paige wrote: > Another variable, just in case it will shed any light: I'm using a USB > ethernet adapter (Linksys USB100M; very small). I've heard in the past > of problems with USB ethernet adapters disconnecting and causing > problems, but even whe

Re: XDMCP and client requirements

2003-03-07 Thread jereme
Bob Paige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Here's a related question: Once you are running an XDMCP session on > the client, is there any way to invoke an executable on the client > machine? Connect to the Xterminal from your session host. Export a DISPLAY variable and then merge your xauth token fr

Re: XDMCP and client requirements

2003-03-07 Thread Bob Paige
Here's a related question: Once you are running an XDMCP session on the client, is there any way to invoke an executable on the client machine? Specifically, I want to be able to turn off the screen on the client machine, which can be accomplished by running a special executable on the client.

Re: XDMCP and client requirements

2003-03-07 Thread Bob Paige
Rob Weir wrote: Could you setup the box to log to another machine using syslog-over-TCP? This'd tell you if/when the kernel goes nuts. Also, recent 2.4 kernels (at least) start nuking things when memory gets tight. That said, 32MB should be enough to run an X server...that's more RAM than most Un

Re: XDMCP and client requirements

2003-03-07 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 05:18:58PM -0500, Bob Paige wrote: > I am trying to set up a XDMCP server and client. The client is a hacked > Compaq Internet Appliance with 32MB RAM and an on-board flash disk > holding the Linux image. > > Problem is, about 45-seconds into the session, the client freez

Re: xdmcp and gdm -- missing something ?

2003-02-18 Thread Donald Spoon
David Woyciesjes wrote: -SNIP- < Hmmm... this is the kind of info I've been waiting for. But one question. On my SUn Ultra1, running Solaris 9, the login box comes up, to login locally, and there is a menu option to flip to a chooser to login to a remote machine. I can login to my Debian/x86 box

Re: xdmcp and gdm -- missing something ?

2003-02-18 Thread David Woyciesjes
Donald Spoon wrote: > > J.F.Gratton wrote: > > Don, > > > > Thank you so much, this is exactly what I looked for. I am stuck in the > > same position as you are, trying to automate the procedure. A temporary > > hack for now is to add the line you mentionned (X :1 vt8 etc etc) into > > my /etc/ini

Re: xdmcp and gdm -- missing something ?

2003-02-16 Thread Donald Spoon
J.F.Gratton wrote: Don, Thank you so much, this is exactly what I looked for. I am stuck in the same position as you are, trying to automate the procedure. A temporary hack for now is to add the line you mentionned (X :1 vt8 etc etc) into my /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh. This is ugly, but hey.. it wor

Re: xdmcp and gdm -- missing something ?

2003-02-15 Thread J.F.Gratton
Don, Thank you so much, this is exactly what I looked for. I am stuck in the same position as you are, trying to automate the procedure. A temporary hack for now is to add the line you mentionned (X :1 vt8 etc etc) into my /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh. This is ugly, but hey.. it works :) I tried to so

Re: xdmcp and gdm -- missing something ?

2003-02-15 Thread Donald Spoon
J.F.Gratton wrote: Hello all, I have two computers (networked, 'f course) both with the same setup, gdm + gnome 2.2 latest versions (I apt-get dist-upgrade every day on the unstable branch). The way I understood the Chooser is that I'd be able to get the gdm login screen of PC #2 on PC #1 . I'

Re: XDMCP Howto? [SOLVED]

2002-03-08 Thread Caleb Shay
Thanks to everyone for your help. I now have it working exactly as I wanted. For those who care, this is what I did to each of the machines. Commented out the servers in the [servers] section of gdm.conf. Added x5:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/X -indirect localhost > /var/log/XFree86.log 2>&1 to /et

Re: XDMCP Howto?

2002-03-07 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This might be trivial to you, but have you tried: ~>X :1 vt9 -query foo THANK YOU VERY MUCH! No, I hadn't tried it recently, and yes it works like a charm!! Combined with my other recent "discovery" I now almost have exactly what I would like!! T

Re: XDMCP Howto?

2002-03-07 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Donald Spoon wrote: > --snip-- < This is a KLUDGE and very awkward to use! If you know how to get another X-session going at the same time, I would appreciate knowing it. One of the problems with the above is that the [local computer] doesn't have GDM/XDM running so it cannot participate in th

Re: XDMCP Howto?

2002-03-07 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:37:02PM -0600, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > several years at random times. I have not been able to find the "magic" > to get several X-servers running on different terminals (vt7, vt8, etc) > yet, so the steps below are restricted to a machine that has only ONE > X-server

Re: XDMCP Howto?

2002-03-07 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Caleb Shay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here's one for the X-perts. I have 3 machines on a private network. 2 linux boxes using gdm and 1 SGI using xdm/clogin. I would like to be able to log into any of the boxes from any one of the other boxes. This seemed like a perfect time for me to play

Re: XDMCP Howto?

2002-03-07 Thread Oki DZ
Caleb Shay wrote: xdmcp broadcasts on all boxes (done). As far as I can tell from the man pages I should get (gdm)chooser popping up automagically on the all 3. Unfortunately, nothing like that happens. I just have my normal login screens. Anybody have any hints for me? gdmchooser is suppo

Re: XDMCP Howto?

2002-03-07 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 13:44, Caleb Shay wrote: > Here's one for the X-perts. > > I have 3 machines on a private network. 2 linux boxes using gdm and 1 > SGI using xdm/clogin. I would like to be able to log into any of the > boxes from any one of the other boxes. This seemed like a perfect time

Re: XDMCP broken after X upgrade

2000-03-02 Thread David Karlin
Hi, On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 07:46:42PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > Edit things in /etc/X11/xdm - I think it was pretty obvois IIRC. Oddly, it > was decided that xdm is some kind of security risk - I personally don't > see why.. > > Jason The config file in question is /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess. B

Re: XDMCP broken after X upgrade

2000-03-02 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, David Karlin wrote: > I'm guessing that some new configuration file might have been inserted > during the X upgrade. Am I on the right track? Has anyone experienced > this, or know how to fix it? Edit things in /etc/X11/xdm - I think it was pretty obvois IIRC. Oddly, it was

Re: XDMCP broadcasts on all machines

1999-09-01 Thread John Pearson
On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 09:20:42AM -0400, Aleksandra Bytnerowicz wrote > Igor Mozetic, the Debian List and Brandon Harris: > > I came across a post for XDMCP and broadcast posting to the debian lists > + in November 1998. SPecifically, the message which was written was: > > http://www.debian.org/

Re: XDMCP without xdm?

1999-06-28 Thread John Pearson
On Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 04:14:41PM -0400, Stuart Ballard wrote > Is there any way I can allow remote hosts to access my machine via xdmcp > without running xdm on the machine itself? (running xdm seems to lock > the machine completely on a regular basis). Would running xdm without > managing any lo

RE: XDMCP without xdm?

1999-06-27 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 27-Jun-99 Stuart Ballard wrote: > Is there any way I can allow remote hosts to access my machine via xdmcp > without running xdm on the machine itself? (running xdm seems to lock > the machine completely on a regular basis). Would running xdm without > managing any local displays solve the lock

Re: XDMCP without xdm?

1999-06-27 Thread Ulrik Haugen
* Stuart Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Failing all this, is there a way to get a similar effect using startx? > (ie, start an x session but run all programs from another machine). Use ssh! ssh will take care of seting up X-forwarding and setting the DISPLAY variable... On your client use startx wi