From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 20 16:18:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A92E16A4CE for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:18:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from jeremino.homeunix.net (jeremino.xs4all.nl [80.126.224.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3350E43D5A for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:18:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spam@jeremino.homeunix.net) Received: from jeremina.homeunix.net ([10.0.0.5]) by jeremino.homeunix.net with smtp (Exim 4.42) id 1DOHuA-000AuP-0F; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:18:22 +0200 Message-Id: <3641348.vqsMYKZOvC@not_a_message_id> From: Kees Plonsz To: Mick Walker , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:18:21 +0200 References: Lines: 55 Organization: Chaos User-Agent: KNode/0.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Subject: Re: Setting Up a X Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:18:33 -0000 Mick Walker wrote on Wednesday 20 April 2005 11:06 in the group list.freebsd.questions: > Hello everyone; > > I am looking for information on how to setup a remote X server. > > This is my setup: > > Internet. > | > FreeBSD Gateway (Running Xorg) > | > 8 Port hub ----> Wireless Base Station > | > 6 machines, Various Operating Systems > > What I wish to be able to do is setup the 6 client machines to be able > to access the X server running on the gateway. > I have looked at the gdm configuration manager, and it allows a option > for remote connections, but I am unsure of the exact procedure I would > use to connect to this from one of the client systems. The one I am > mostly concerned with is my FreeBSD laptop. > Do I need to create some 'virtual screens' to enable more than one X > session to be run on the machine at once? > > I have also tried acomplising this using Xvnc, however when I try to > start the server I get the error message: > > [root@codegurus]# /usr/local/bin/Xvnc > > Fatal server error: > Server is already active for display 0 > If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock > and start again. > > I still wish the local X server to be able to be run, so I am unsure how > I can proceed. > > I hope someone can help. You have to startup more than one Xvnc server. I use the wrapper: # vncserver :1 # vncserver :2 etc.... Then start on the client machine the "remote desktop connection" It is included in the KDE desktop You can connect to "vncservername:1" and "vncservername:2" etc... I just tested this and my 100 Mhz pentium got very busy :-) -- Key-ID = A6581435 E-mail address is valid