[Discuss] FreeNx

[John Blomfield]

Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> On 2007-11-20 23:44-0800 John Blomfield wrote:
>
>> One thing I have noticed while using KVM is that if you boot one 
>> computer while viewing the desktop of the other it will start the X 
>> server assuming a low resolution VGA monitor.
>
> Just to clarify, the display manager software (kdm, xdm,...) is 
> running on
> the remote computer that is running the desktop (KDE, GNOME, etc.) 
> software,
> while the X server is running on the local machine where the
> monitor/keyboard/mouse are attached.  When you reboot that local 
> computer,
> then it should just go into ordinary console mode (since no display 
> manager
> should be running on it). You then login to the console, and start the X
> server on the local machine with
>
> X -query remote_computer_name
>
> and it should always give you consistent resolution results depending 
> on how
> your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is configured on the local machine.  Anyhow,
> that is our experience, and I cannot figure out how you are getting
> inconsistent resolutions from one time to the next if you fire up the X
> server on the local machine in the above consistent way.
>
> Alan
Thanks, I am beginning to get my mind around all of this.  I have set 
about trying out all the options but I have been unable to get freeNx 
and 2X servers to work.  Probably a combination of bugs in the distro 
implementations and my incompetence. However, I have got plain old vnc 
working perfectly. I found it relatively simple compared to the others 
and a wealth of "how to's" around to help.  As yet I have not been brave 
enough to try your X server solution.  I realise that vnc is not secure 
but that hardly matters in my limited home environment and I have an 
external firewall router.

John Blomfield


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