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#1 2010-05-15 06:43:58
- micke234115
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Start GDM without Xorg
When I run gdm it automatically starts Xorg. How do I start gdm without X to allow remote sessions?
/Micke
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#2 2010-05-15 07:38:47
- JackH79
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Re: Start GDM without Xorg
Unless I'm seriously mistaken, you can't start gdm without X. That's actually what it's for.
If, on the other hand, you want to get to a console first, start your remote session, and then start gnome later, just take gdm out of the DAEMONS section in your /etc/rc.conf, reboot and than start gnome with
startx.
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#3 2010-05-15 09:18:21
- micke234115
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Re: Start GDM without Xorg
It is actually the remote X session part I have trouble with. I'm using gdm to start Xorg on my local machine, but I would like to establish a remote X session to another computer (that does not have a display) using XDMCP with gdm, if that is possible? I'm not really sure how this works so tell me if I'm wrong. I have enabled xdmcp in gdm.
Is it possible to setup a X session using ssh and X11 forwarding using ssh?
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#4 2010-05-16 06:05:44
- JackH79
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Re: Start GDM without Xorg
Well, it's certainly possible. Although apparently not very secure. But I've never doen it myself and haven't got Gnome installed anyway.
But a quick google came up with a number of pages that might interest you:
http://projects.gnome.org/gdm/docs/2.18 … usage.html
http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=671
http://blogs.koolwal.net/2009/04/28/con … e-desktop/
... and many more. Hope you'll find some answers there.
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#5 2010-05-17 11:04:39
- dr_te_z
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Re: Start GDM without Xorg
Unless I'm seriously mistaken, you can't start gdm without X. That's actually what it's for.
In the early versions of gdm it was possible and easy. Just edit your "gdm.conf" file and take out the local X server configuration (§ 2.2.7 in http://www.ibiblio.org/oswg/oswg-nightl … x135.html). You could have a (headless) server with gdm to serve the XDMCP clients. Good setup to propagate NC's
But that is in the past now. My guess is that the use of XDMCP (http://www.linuxjunkies.org/html/XDMCP-HOWTO.html) is discouraged nowadays. Maybe the plain-sniffable usage of TCP/IP causing this.
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