XF86Config-4 and XDMCP

From: Ridge Chittenden (ridge236_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/02/05

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    Hi all,

    (Another question, new thread.... Appreciate all the
    help as I try to understand Debian and Linux.)

    I have a machine running Debian Woody that's being
    used as a server--no keyboard, no mouse, no monitor. I
    have XDMCP set up so that I can log in to an X session
    on the machine from another machine on my home
    network.

    The question: I want to slim down the machine as much
    as I can (RAM is limited), and I don't want to load
    stuff I don't have to. What do I really need in
    XF86Config-4 for a machine that never has a local
    display? Another way to put it is, does the video
    card, monitor, mouse and keyboard information come
    from the XF86Config-4 on the machine that's logging
    in? Or the machine that's running X?

    Perhaps most critically, do I need to have that i810
    section with the 8MB of video RAM borrowed from main
    memory?

    Thanks,

    rc

    Here's XF86Config-4:

    ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION
    # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file)
    generated by dexconf, the
    # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the
    debconf database.
    #
    # Edit this file with caution, and see the
    XF86Config-4 manual page.
    # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
    #
    # If you want your changes to this file preserved by
    dexconf, only make changes
    # before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above,
    and/or after the
    # "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.
    #
    # To change things within the debconf section, run the
    command:
    # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
    # as root. Also see "How do I add custom sections to
    a dexconf-generated
    # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in
    /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz.

    Section "Files"
            FontPath "unix/:7100"
     # local font server
            # if the local font server has problems, we
    can fall back on these
            FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
            FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
            FontPath
    "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
            FontPath
    "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
            FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
            FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
            FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
            FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    EndSection

    Section "Module"
            Load "GLcore"
            Load "bitmap"
            Load "dbe"
            Load "ddc"
            Load "dri"
            Load "extmod"
            Load "freetype"
            Load "glx"
            Load "int10"
            Load "pex5"
            Load "record"
            Load "speedo"
            Load "type1"
            Load "vbe"
            Load "xie"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
            Driver "keyboard"
            Option "CoreKeyboard"
            Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
            Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
            Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier "Configured Mouse"
            Driver "mouse"
            Option "CorePointer"
            Option "Device"
    "/dev/psaux"
            Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
            Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
            Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier "Generic Mouse"
            Driver "mouse"
            Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
            Option "Device"
    "/dev/input/mice"
            Option "Protocol"
    "ImPS/2"
            Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
            Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
            Identifier "Generic Video Card"
            Driver "i810"
            VideoRam 8192
            Option "UseFBDev" "true"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
            Identifier "Generic Monitor"
            HorizSync 30-65
            VertRefresh 50-120
            Option "DPMS"
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
            Identifier "Default Screen"
            Device "Generic Video Card"
            Monitor "Generic Monitor"
            DefaultDepth 24
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 1
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
    "640x480"
            EndSubSection
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 4
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
    "640x480"
            EndSubSection
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 8
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
    "640x480"
            EndSubSection
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 15
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
    "640x480"
            EndSubSection
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 16
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
    "640x480"
            EndSubSection
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 24
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
    "640x480"
            EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section "ServerLayout"
            Identifier "Default Layout"
            Screen "Default Screen"
            InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
            InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
            InputDevice "Generic Mouse"
    EndSection

    Section "DRI"
            Mode 0666
    EndSection

    ### END DEBCONF SECTION

                    
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