XDMCP Remote Login
Using your PC as a thin client, you can login into a remote X Server with XDMCP. XDMCP broadcasts a server as capable of serving XServer to remote clients.Server setup (ubuntu 10.04)
Create /etc/gdm/custom.conf[daemon] [security] AllowRemoteRoot=true [xdmcp] Enable=true DisplayPerHost=2 [gui] [greeter] [chooser] [debug] [servers]
Create /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom
DisallowTCP=false Enable=true Port=177
Edit /etc/gdm/gdm.schemas
security/DisallowTCP ->false xdmcp/Enable -> true
Reboot or restart gdm!
Server side (Fedora)
On FC6 (the server), you can configure it easily. First, enable remote login. Go to System > Administrations > Login Screen > Remote tab
Next, allow remote TCP connections in the Security tab, unchecl "Deny TCP connections..."
Next, optionally display login users on the face screen for users to choose from.
Next, configure Xserver settings under the Security tab. My setting is to put X on screen 1, and a terminal on screen 2.
Client side
Supposedly, you can hit F10 on your gnome login manager, select XDMCP, and saw your server's session available after broadcasting. But this failed on my set up. All I got is a blank screen with a cursor. On syslog, all I see isFailed to start X server several times in a short time period; disabling display :0 gdm_child_action: Aborting display c50.comme.ca:0
I have no clue how to move on. Please leave a comment if you can help.
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