Simply running 'X -broadcast' will broadcast for available XDMCP servers and connect to the first answering one. X -query 1.2.3.4 will connect to the server at that ip I seem to remember something about a chooser function as well, but I'm not sure if that exists/still exists. On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 10:06, David Krider wrote: > On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 10:53, Thomas Dodd wrote: > > > > In the past , at least the following clause in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf > > > will do it: > > > [xdmcp] > > > Enable=true > > > HonorIndirect=true > > > MaxPending=4 > > > MaxPendingIndirect=4 > > > MaxSessions=16 > > > MaxWait=30 > > > MaxWaitIndirect=30 > > > Port=177 > > > PingInterval=5 > > > > That allow me to access the box from other machines (like Solaris). > > But that doesn't all me to select another host form the shrike box. > > Oh baby! The holy grail! Is this possible? I've wanted to do it for a > long time (select another host from my Red Hat box), but I've never been > able to even google a reference on how to get this accomplished. Maybe > someone here knows how?... > > Thanks, > dk > > >