Using X -query to setup a LAN

[horo]

X -query localhost:1

should be

X  -query  localhost  :1

(Space between localhost and :1)

I tried it yet with an unchanged Knoppix box (192.168.1.99). All I had to do was:

1. In /etc/kde3/kdm/Xaccess change
#* #any host...
to
* #any host...

2. In /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc set
[Xdmcp]
Enable=true

After /etc/init.d/kdm restart I was able to
X -query localhost :1
This gave me a logon screen on vt8, vt7 was my original kdm screen.

From another box (192.168.1.100) in runlevel 3 (no X)I connected with
X -query 192.168.1.99
If there is already a X running I use
X -query 192.168.1.99 :1

Works with these two changes above.

Good luck
Ciao Martin

[A. Jorge Garcia]

Martin:
Just two questions.

(1) Are you sure I don't also need the following?

Then I
rm /etc/rc5.d/S99kdm
ln -s /etc/init.d/kdm /etc/rc5.d/S99kdm
chmod a-x /etc/init.d/xsession
which was part of my earlier post, but not part of yours and
/etc/init.d/kdm restart

I was told by another knopper that I did....

(2) I forget how to view VT8. How do I do this?

TIA!

[horo]

Hi Jorge,

(1) No, I didn't need it.
(2) < ALT><CTRL>F8 brings you to vt8
First try to get it over localhost and if this is ok try the networked version.

Ciao Martin

Edit: Sorry, I typed ALT CTRL in <>, but the ALT was "eaten" by the forum software.

[A. Jorge Garcia]

Thanx Martin, I'll try this again later today when I get a chance. BTW, I tried <ctrl><F8> and didn't get what I expected, that's why I thought I didn't remember right how to view VT8....

Regards,

[horo]

<ALT><CTRL> Fx if you are on X
<ALT>Fx from a textconsole, but <ALT><CTRL>Fx doesn't hurt.
If HTML Code is enabled in the forum <ALT> ist recognized as a HTML tag and you don't see it.

Ciao Martin

[RockMumbles]

horo

For a test on this computer:
X *-query *localhost *:1
on VT8 should start a KDM screen.

Thanks for the great xdmcp testing tip!

~rock

[horo]

Hi Jorge,

I tried my "two changes solution" from above just on a knoppix running from CD. I had to replace the two symlinks to CD with real files in ramdisk. It worked, _but_only_ if I had a configured eth0. If eth0 was not running, I got only the gray X screen. Maybe it's a hint for you to narrow down your problem.

Ciao Martin

[A. Jorge Garcia]

Thanx for your concern and continued help! I don't need to fix the symlinks if I'm running off hdinstall, right? BTW, I tested to make sure eth0 was working....

Thanx,

[A. Jorge Garcia]

Sorry to leave you hanging, but this week was too hectic to play with my hdinstalls. I'll definitely try after T-Day!

Thanx,

[A. Jorge Garcia]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, gentlemen! Finally, I got this mess to work. I did as Doug suggested. I think that after all the mods I made on the clients and server hdds, I must have screwed-up xhost.

Steps that worked:
(1)Server: I installed my server with knoppix-installer as Debian, addusers, and made all the server modifications listed in the links above. I then ran xhost +eachclientip but I found that adding the ips to /etc/hosts on the server works best!

(2)Client: Then I have my clients boot the knoppix cd with the boot string: knoppix 2. Then my clients run X -broadcast (I did not need :1) or X -query 10.10.2.5. And all is finally as it should be in the Land of Linux!

Minor problems left to resolve:
(1)Client: What I need to do is have my knoppix-installer as knoppix clients boot up to runlevel 2 so I don't need to burn so many cds....

(2)Server: The clients and the server resolution are both 800x600 only. If I boot the CD with the boot string: vga=normal screen=1024x768 xvrefresh=60 which used to work, I get a video modes on server and client mismatch error. I need to figure out how to get my i810 intel video onboard chip to give me its other mode, namely 1024x768 on the server. I got this res on the clients (when using ssh and fish instead of X -query) by booting a CD with the given boot string and copying the XF86Config-4 file from the ramdisk to my hdinstall. However, this only worked on knoppix-installer as knoppix, not knoppix-installer as debian. I had to knoppix-installer as debian my server to addusers and get the login window for my users....

Thanx,