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from FC6 to FC10 on my older hardware have been replaced by new drivers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...
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Bill Davidsen <davidsen(a)tmr.com>
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