Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-31 Thread Steve Lamb
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 14:59:03 +0200 Elie De Brauwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have no problems with applications like pan here. Everything works nice > the only disadvantage remote X has is that you just can't jump in into a > session that was open before. Yes, and which version of Pan is

Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-31 Thread David Corbin
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 expl

Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-31 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 22:45:07 +0100 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

Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-31 Thread Piers Kittel
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 t

Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-31 Thread Elie De Brauwer
On Sunday 31 August 2003 13:47, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 04:39:17 -0700 > > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > XDMCP would be easier and better on bandwidth (thus faster). VNC is > > good when you need to display something graphical on a platform that > > never anticipated

Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 12:16:00PM +0100, Carlos Sousa wrote: > > Yes. Look into XDMCP. > > Another option would be VNC. XDMCP would be easier and better on bandwidth (thus faster). VNC is good when you need to display something graphical on a

Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-31 Thread Steve Lamb
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 04:39:17 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > XDMCP would be easier and better on bandwidth (thus faster). VNC is > good when you need to display something graphical on a platform that > never anticipated multiuser, networked environments (namely, MS Windows). T

Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-30 Thread Stefan Waidele jun.
Piers Kittel wrote: Hello all Is it possible at all for X on a computer to log in another computer remotely? I.e. one computer has XDM and WMaker on it, but without an XFree86 server, another computer has a XFree86 server, the computer with WMaker on, logs on to the XFree86 and shows the XDM l

Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-30 Thread Steve Lamb
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:38:13 +0100 Carlos Sousa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.

Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-30 Thread Carlos Sousa
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

Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-30 Thread Steve Lamb
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 > > > remot

Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-30 Thread Carlos Sousa
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. -- Carlos S

Re: Logging into X remotely

2003-08-30 Thread Steve Lamb
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. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5