On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 01:44:12PM -0400, Eric d'Halibut wrote: > On 6/26/11, Gregory Seidman <gsslist+deb...@anthropohedron.net> wrote: > > > The other alternative is XDMCP, which is designed for this sort of thing. > > I don't think so. It -- XDMCP -- afaik requires a running X, and X > requires a video device. I learn that even X.org's "dummy" driver is > itself a dummy!
No, XDMCP does not require running X (on the server). I don't know if gdm or kdm can do it, though I'd expect so, but xdm is perfectly happy to run headless. See this thread from 1999: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1999/07/msg01406.html > I am going to try x11vnc. Thank you all! Not a bad choice, but not necessarily the best either. It depends on your purpose. --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110627001442.ga11...@anthropohedron.net
