XDMCP Remote login

[Alain Spineux]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Doug Kuvaas <doug.kuvaas at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, I have a couple Dell Optiplex 980s that I am trying to get set up for a
> specialized application.  What I want to be able to do worked in Fedora 8
> and earlier, but it has been broken since Fedora 9.
> PC1 I want to set up so it queries another (HP-UX) machine for a graphical
> CDE login to that system.  I have some success starting X manually using X
> -query <remotehost> -from <localhost>, but I have not been able to get the
> computer to boot up and display the CDE login.
> So far I have tried a fresh Fedora 15 install with no window managers
> installed, and after adding the remote host to /etc/hosts and /etc/X0.hosts,
> as well as generating an xorg.conf file using Xorg :0 -configure, I am able
> to get a CDE login using X -query <remotehost>

maybe try to add this to your /etc/gdm/custom.conf file

[xdmcp]
Enable=true (or 1 in some distributions)

> PC2, I want to set up to act like a "dumb terminal", in other words, all I
> want it to do is show the blank root window and a cursor unless I am sending
> an application to it from the HP-UX machine.  I can get the blank root
> window that I am after using just X :0 -br -terminate, however I am not
> getting a cursor.

X don't display cursor anymore , use -retro


> PC2 is actually PC1 right now as I am just trying to establish the procedure
> to get both done.
> I do not need any kind of display manager to be installed, though they do
> come in handy for some of the setup.
> xorg.conf:
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier     "X.org Configured"
> Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> Section "Files"
> ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
> FontPath     "catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d"
> FontPath     "built-ins"
> FontPath     "tcp/192.168.1.56:7000"
> EndSection
> Section "Module"
> Load  "glx"
> Load  "extmod"
> Load  "record"
> Load  "dbe"
> Load  "dri2"
> Load  "dri"
> EndSection
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> Driver      "kbd"
> EndSection
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier  "Mouse0"
> Driver      "mouse"
> Option    "Protocol" "auto"
> Option    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
> EndSection
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier   "Monitor0"
> VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName    "Monitor Model"
> EndSection
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device     "Card0"
> Monitor    "Monitor0"
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport   0 0
> Depth     1
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport   0 0
> Depth     4
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport   0 0
> Depth     8
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
> Installation was a standard vanilla "Graphical" installation with no window
> managers selected, and some of the development options selected. Kernel is
> 2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.x86_64
> The X11 application that these PCs will be running requires 8 bit color
> depth and a resolution of 1280x1024.
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