Re: [opensuse] XDMCP login setup

On 1/31/07, James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kerti Balázs Gábor wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How to set up, on openSuSE 10.2 the XDMCP based login? I would like to
> login from home to work PC openSuSE10.2.
>
> Balazs
>
>
Edit /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc

Change

[Xdmcp]
# Whether KDM should listen to incoming XDMCP requests.
# Default is false
Enable=false

to

Enable=true

One thing to bear in ming that X over most internet connections will be
very slow. You may find simply using SSH and running the apps
individually works better or use something like VNC.


FreeNX is what I use. Normally via LAN, but occasionally from home.
Seems to be fine with the t-1 speed.

Greg
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