Robert Myers wrote: > I have configured, reconfigured, and wrestled with exporting the Gnome > desktop using either XDMCP or VNC. With all the various idiosyncracies, > it has been a time-consuming struggle in which I have rarely gotten > exactly what I wanted. > > Here is the map to freedom from all this nastiness: > > use ssh -X to export X from applications to a desktop with an X-server. > > Use the utility alacarte to export a handy guide for all the features > that are normally accessed via graphical menus. Use "properties" of each > menu item to find the command line necessary to invoke a GUI application > that would normally be invoked through a menu. Use tuxmc or anything > you like other than nautilus as a file manager. > > Live the rest of your life without worrying what fedora or gnome has > changed relative to the nautilus, gnome desktop, xdmcp, vnc, or remote > access with whatever release or upgrade you are using. > > If you always access a machine remotely, issue telinit 3 to shut down > the graphical interface and x-server you will never need again. If you > can ssh into your remote box and have a local x-server, you are good to go. > You may find that the -C option to compress the data is helpful on a slow link. I have been using VNC quite a bit recently, since the video drivers which worked from FC6 to FC10 on my older hardware have been replaced by new drivers providing 3D rendered cavorting windows on a small subset of video hardware, and 800x600 VESA mode on formerly useful hardware. I have a working laptop and use it as a display for servers... -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
