Re: Remote X sessions

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If you just want one app you would do this.
ssh -X user@main xclock

If you want to login to the desktop you would need to enable XDMCP. In Suse the best way to do that is use the GDM programs.
On the main system login open a shell and su to root ( you may need to run sux ) and try to run gdmconfig. I say try because Suse like to rename things just to mess people up.
The may have called it gdm-config, gdmsetup, gdm-configure of something like that. Use that to enable XDMCP serving, much better them manually editing the confing file that Suse also has renamed an moved some place else. If you cannot find it the GDM login screen may let you configure it if you click on System.

Then on your laptop go to your GDM login screen and click on system, there should be an XDMCP option. This should let you browse your network for any XDMCP servers that are running.

This is not encrypted so if you need SSH then you will need to do some more reading.

On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 16:05 +0100, Keith Roberts wrote:
Hi all. I'm running SuSE 9.2 pro on my laptop and main 
machine. I would like to run a remote X session on my main 
machine, and have the X session displayed on my laptop.

I have got as far as doing a ssh login to the main server 
from my laptop, and then running:

ssh$ xclock -display :0

which allows me to start the xclock on my main machine, via 
ssh on the laptop.

Does anyone have any pointers to tutorials on how to get the 
X session output displayed on my laptop please?

Obviously I have CLI remote login functional with ssh. I 
really need a remote X login to my main machine, with the 
apps runing on that, and the Xsession displayed on my 
laptop. I've read about XDMCP, xdm, but I'm still not sure 
how to put all this together.

I have a firewall running on both boxes - I have opened up 
access so packets should move between each machine via the 
router.

Do I need X listening on my laptop for TCP/IP connections? 
Or is it UDP packets on port 177?

TIA

Keith Roberts

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