Eric,
Sorry about that.
The configuration parameter in the file sterminal.conf called "xsession" has a
default value of "/etc/X11/Xsession". Change that to "startkde" and that will
cause the server to start a kde session for that s-terminal login. You can
put any "start an x-session" parameter here as long as the server can start
that type of session.
There is also a textbox in the s-terminal login panel called "Command" where
you can override this setting for a particular login. Not very intuitive, but
useful.
Finally, each user can have a ~/.sterminal.conf file and have a user specific
value for the xsession.
I didn't think to include this information because it was so specific to
s-terminal. My bad.
However, s-terminal is a neat script for setting up a simple x-terminal that
tunnels through ssh. The login parameters are also sent via ssh. Without a
lot of fuss, I was able to set up a wireless s-terminal using an old Pentium
233 MHz laptop. I used a bare bones Debian installation with ssh and
x-windows-core. It is blazing fast compared to running kde locally on the
laptop.
Information on S-Terminal can be found at
http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/stirling/computergeek/xterminal.html (the
version I am using) and
http://ayesha.phys.virginia.edu/~bryan/projects/knoppix/sterminal/.
Cheers!
Mark
On Friday 25 August 2006 06:24 pm, Eric "Shubes" wrote:
> And you don't specify what it was (for posterity)? ;)
>
> Mark Phillips wrote:
> > Please disregard - I found the configuration parameter.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Friday 25 August 2006 12:34 pm, Mark Phillips wrote:
> >> What determines the desktop that the user sees when he/she logs in from a
> >> remote terminal? Is it a parameter in a file on the server? On the
> >> X-terminal? In an vault on the Klingon home world?
> >>
> >> Here is the problem:
> >>
> >> 1. When I log into the server I get a kde desktop that I have configured.
> >>
> >> 2. When I use "X -query <server-name>" from a remote X-terminal to the
same
> >> server, I get my usual KDE desktop on the X-terminal.
> >>
> >> 3. When I use a script called S-Terminal that uses ssh tunneling from the
> > same
> >> X-terminal to the same account on the same server I get a Gnome desktop.
> >>
> >> In all three cases, I am using the same login name and password.
> >>
> >> Information on S-Terminal can be found at
> >> http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/stirling/computergeek/xterminal.html (the
> > hack
> >> I am using) and
> >> http://ayesha.phys.virginia.edu/~bryan/projects/knoppix/sterminal/.
> >>
> >> Before I get flamed, I am not asking anyone to debug the S-Terminal
scripts.
> > I
> >> provided the links as an FYI.
> >>
> >> The nature of my question is to get some hints for what I should be
looking
> >> for in the S-terminal script to find out why I get a gnome desktop
instead
> > of
> >> my usual KDE desktop. So far, I have not found anything obvious looking
for
> >> words like "desktop", "gnome", etc. in the script. I have contacted the
> >> authors, but no response as of yet.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> --
> >> Mark Phillips
> >> Phillips Marketing, Inc
> >> mark@phillipsmarketing.biz
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