[TriLUG] How do I connect to a remote X client?

[sholton at mindspring.com]

Ryan Leathers <ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com> writes:
> How can I connect to a remote X client? 

Lets start here.  We need to get our terminology straight.
Perhaps the answers will show themselves.

A "client" is an application which wants to draw boxes on glass.
A "server" is an application which services a client, and does the
glass-drawing.  The server runs on the box in front of you, the 
client runs somewhere else.

Generally, you don't "connect to" a client, but rather the client
connects to you.

There's an application (XDM) which manages a display for a host.
It does things like put up an X-based "Login/Password" screen 
and allows you to choose your desktop manager. 

The client which connects to this is called XDMc and the daemon 
which runs this client is XDMcd.

Am I on the right track for what you're looking to do?

> Can I run a Gnome display from
> some remote host in a window inside my default display?  Can I do it in
> a virtual console?

It seems like you want an XDMc on your local box to display the
XDM logon for a remote box, either inside an X-window of a 
local X display, or by creating a seperate X-display on a different
virtual console of the local box.  Is this near right?

I'd never seen a remote X console run in a window, except through
VNC (which you say you don't want to do). I've seen the latter done.
If you did this, you'd be able to do something like ALT-F9 and
have a Gnome desktop from another box; starting x-load (for example)
within that Gnome would show you the load on the remote host..

If I'm understanding you right, you want to investigate XDMcp 
   http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/


Sent: Jun 8, 2004 1:26 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] How do I connect to a remote X client?

Let me add one more thing...

I can open a virtual console, log in, and type something like
X :2 -indirect 123.123.123.123 and get a chooser.  I know this gets me
from point A to point B, but it won't do when it comes time to script
this.  How can I get to point B in a script?

Thanks,

Ryan


On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 13:12, Ryan Leathers wrote:
> How can I connect to a remote X client?  Can I run a Gnome display from
> some remote host in a window inside my default display?  Can I do it in
> a virtual console?
> 
> I think I'm groping in the right area but it hasn't dawned on me how to
> do this.
> 
> I have a PC which starts up in runlevel 5 and runs gnome.  I want it to
> do this every time it boots - this part works fine today.  I want to be
> able to connect to some remote host and run full screen (or nearly full
> screen) while retaining the ability to toggle between the two displays. 
> Since I know I will get some well intended suggestions which won't be
> the least bit helpful, here is a list of things I don't want help with:
>  
> I do NOT want to run chooser to do this - I always want my local X on my
> default display when I boot.
> I do not want to tunnel individual x apps through ssh.
> I do not want to use VNC instead.
> 
> FYI, once I understand how to do this I will want to script up a VPN
> client connection followed by an X connection to a remote host.  I know
> how to handle the VPN part already.
> 
> -- 
> Ryan Leathers <ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com>
> Global Knowledge
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