Xwindows Help

[Carl Parrish]

Okay I *sortof* kindof know what kdm/gdm/xdm does but would I only have
to update one? For instance on my local box I only run gnome does that
mean that I only have to make changes to gdm? What if the display I
wanted to import from my remote box was KDE (its not really but since
I'm playing with this I'm trying to understand it better). would that
mean that I'd need to have kdm on my local box? and any idea where I
should go to find the syntax to config gdm?

Carl P. 

On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 10:56, Bryce C wrote:
> Just setup kdm/gdm/xdm to accept remote connections and then on the
> local box, runn "startx -query REMOTEBOX :X&".  Replace X with whatever
> your at.  I.e. xfree86 starts at :0, then :1, :2 etc.  If :0 is used
> then use :1. I use this sort of thing to monitor several boxes.  Also,
> and even better, run vnc on those remote boxes so you can keep your
> session if you disconnect. I also do this for several boxes.  Just
> remeber to export the DISPLAY variable before trying to run vncviewer.
>  
> On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 09:56, Carl Parrish wrote:
> > Okay I'm trying to advoid having to get new KVM swith. Is it possible to
> > have a remote window manager running on a Different desktop / screen?
> > Well okay I guess the real question is can I get tht window managers
> > running. As long as I'm not running a window manager on my local box I
> > can get the remost one to send its display to me. But I have no idea how
> > to get it to the local box but on another screen. 
> > 
> > I guess I'm trying something like 
> > gnome -display localbox:1.1
> > 
> > But I'm guessing. (and that didn't seem to work).
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Carl Parrish <cparrish@cox.net>