On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 23:24, Pete Nesbitt wrote: > On February 1, 2004 07:07 am, IT Clown wrote: > > Hi > > > > I want to setup a few client pc's as dumb terminals. They > > must connect to a RH9 box though ssh.They must be able to > > run X.The clients connect fine through ssh but when they > > startx it displays on the RH9 box and not on their local > > box. How can i set it up sothat x displays on their local > > pc but the dumb terminal must do all the GUI work and not > > the server?The clients are also running RH9. > > > > Regards > > __________________________________________________________________________ > > http://www.webmail.co.za/dialup Webmail ISP - Cool Connection, Cool Price > > > Hi, > as everyone has stated, you want XMG (or fimilar) if you want the desktop. In > fact, IIRC you cannot send a full XDM overs ssh, just run individual apps. > The problem is that XDM communicates using UDP for it's transport layer. > > If security is your concern, and you don't need truely dumb tubes, you culd > run local X and pull all the apps from the RH box over ssh. The apps would be > process on the RH box but the desktop would run from local resources. > > If you need a howto on setting up a diskless, X based system look at: > http://nesbitt.yi.org/rhat/xterm.shtml > -- > Pete Nesbitt, rhce > Just another suggestion here - VNC? All the dumb terminals would have to do is start a _really_ basic X system to fire-up a VNC session. Jeff -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
