XDMCP works great. Run XDM (or KDM, or GDM) on the Athlon. Run "X -query host-or-ip-of-athlon". Works great. I've been doing this for over a year, for very similar reasons...
On Sunday 31 August 2003 17:45, Piers Kittel wrote: > Sorry about not being very clear... > > I'm just trying to explain what I would like to do - the requirements I > said earlier isn't set into stone - let me try again: > > I've got a 1.4GHz Athlon PC and a 100MHz 486 laptop. I'd like the > 100MHz laptop to "log in" and use the power of the Athlon rather than > processing everything locally on the 486 - as much as possible would be > nice. > > Cheers - Piers > > Carlos Sousa wrote: > > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 04:19:42 -0700 Steve Lamb wrote: > >>On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:16:00 +0100 > >> > >>Carlos Sousa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 04:06:39 -0700 Steve Lamb wrote: > >>>>On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:42:09 +0100 > >>>> > >>>>Piers Kittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>Is it possible at all for X on a computer to log in another > >>>>>computer remotely? > >>>> > >>>> Yes. Look into XDMCP. > >>> > >>>Another option would be VNC. > >> > >> Not with the parameters he specified. Eg local X server, no > >> remote X server. > > > > His post is not clear, but I think he means it the other way around > > (parenthesis are mine): > > > > I.e. one computer has XDM and WMaker on it, but without an XFree86 > > server (the client?), another computer has a XFree86 server (the > > server?), the computer with WMaker on, logs on to the XFree86 and > > shows the XDM login dialog box (???), and then logs into the server, > > and see the whole display just as if it was on the other computer? > > > > It's not exactly clear what he means, though, but this business of > > logging in to another computer's display is easily achievable with > > VNC, even if he has to scrap his original requirement details, > > whatever they were. > > > > Cheers, -- David Corbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
