Goodbye Fedora XDMCP and VNC

[Bill Davidsen]

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from FC6 to FC10 on my older hardware have been replaced by new drivers 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...

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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