Setting up XClient/XServer entities?

[fuqqer69]

I am trying to figure out how to setup a two Linux computers. One will run X on its monitor and the other will actually be doing the processing.

I have read about the LTSP, but I would rather try out the traditional Xclient/server model. I am having trouble finding out how to make this happen. Can anybody give me directions? Both computers would be running RH 7.1/2.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

For basic remote X apps its quite easy. From the 'server' you would allow the remote client by doing :

xhost +172.16.16.2 (or +hostname)

Then you could telnet into that (server) host from another machine and do :

export DISPLAY=anotherbox:0.0
xterm &

That xterm would display on the local machine. There are lots of other ways - see -->

http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/xauth.html

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If you want a full blown remote X session you need the server to be running the xdcmp protocol, i.e. it must have xdm, gdm or kdm active. See -->

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/

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Hope this helps