[CLUE-Tech] Newbie help on X windows

[Gary Threlkeld]

> Hi Everyone - 
> I'm trying to open an X-window on one machine from another  - the machines are networked together via a router....
>
> 

Thanks for the help Adam, Todd, Timothy & Jef.  With your comments/support, I'm well on my way to getting things set up.  Here's where we are...

I verified SSH with the SSHD daemon was running on both machines the 'headed' and 'headless' machines and things worked 'flawlessly' in communicating between machines and a simple application from the 'headless' machine showed up on the 'headed' machine.  I haven't tried a full-fledged X session as yet. 

Didn't play with vncserver as I took the first suggestion from Adam and ran with it ... I'll continue to experiment.

My more global intent with this exercise was to 'blackroom' one of the machines [putting it in a closet or down in the basement] and get rid of one of the display monitors needed.  Now all that's left is to run power and the ethernet to the 'blackroom' machine.  

You've made the Mrs. happy!  Can't understand why she was upset about my toys with all the cabling mess being 5 feet from the front door to the house, I was good at closing the glass door to help hide the mess from our guests :)

Now if I can hide or better yet - get rid of the #3 Windoze machine....You guys have to train the trainer first.  She won't touch a Linux machine YET.

Thanks & regards,

Gary
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gary Threlkeld 
  To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 10:09 AM
  Subject: [CLUE-Tech] Newbie help on X windows


  Hi Everyone - 

  I'm trying to open an X-window on one machine from another  - the machines are networked together via a router.  What I am trying to do is to only have to use one display monitor to be able to access both machines without using something like an A/B switch.  Wading thru the X-window documentation but I'm getting lost in detail!

  Call the two machines Tom (server RH 7.3) & Dick (workstation RH 7.3).

  1) I think I need to disable the automatic startup on Dick (workstation) to avoid going directly into KDE (maintaining the option of opening manually).

  2) I want to establish a KDE session on Tom (server) initiated from Dick (workstation).

  Can anyone offer suggestions as to how to start???

  Thanks,

  Gary



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