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

[Ryan Leathers]

Thanks Marty,

Xnest looks like a winner. 

On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 09:15, Marty Ferguson wrote:
> In the past, GLOBAL offered courses where XNEST was part
> of the  curriculum, but must of the instructors have been
> shitcanned and the courses have probably been dropped.
> 
> http://www.xfree86.org/current/Xnest.1.html
> 
> The sour grapes leave such a taste in my mouth.
> M
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org]On
> Behalf Of sholton at mindspring.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:42 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] How do I connect to a remote X client?
> 
> 
> 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.
> > 
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> > Ryan Leathers <ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com>
> > Global Knowledge
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