Re: GNOME problem

From: Anthony E. Greene (agreene_at_pobox.com)
Date: 12/13/03

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:37:53 -0500

    On 12-Dec-2003/20:39 -0600, Michael Sullivan <msulli1355@tulsacoxmail.com> wrote:
    >I posted this problem to the Fedora list a few weeks ago, but no one
    >gave me a very helpful answer. I have two PCs, let's call them PC-A and
    >PC-B. PC-A has RH9 complete install running X-windows and GNOME (which
    >someone else is using at the moment.) PC-B has X-windows and GNOME
    >running, but its hard drive is a lot smaller, so it doesn't have the RH9
    >complete install - just the bare bones. How can I use PC-B to log onto
    >PC-A in GNOME and have my panels/desktop/everything available from
    >PC-B? ssh will allow you to run individual programs, but I want the
    >desktop and panels too. Is this possible, and if so, how do I do it?

    Enable XDMCP in gdm on PC-A (edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf) then change the
    xdm line in /etc/inittab on PC-B so that when PC-B boots, it gets a login
    screen from PC-A:

    # Run xdm in runlevel 5
    x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/X --query PC-A 

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