Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:27:30 +0200 From: Anders Troback <freebsd@troback.com> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: minimum xorg install for clients side Message-ID: <20080707152730.2ade42be@itpc02.gelita.swe> In-Reply-To: <20080707101711.GA49425@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20080706103842.GA52114@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <20080706141636.02d15667@baal.troback.com> <20080706152408.GA38234@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <20080706200524.4b626fc8@baal.troback.com> <20080707101711.GA49425@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:17:11 +0100 Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 08:05:24PM +0200, Anders Trob??ck wrote: > > On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:24:08 +0100 > > Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > >=20 > > > On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 02:16:36PM +0200, Anders Trob??ck wrote: > > > >=20 > > > > If you want to have a remote GUI logon with XDMCP install XDM, > > > > GDM or KDM then you can start X with the -query parameter! > > > >=20 > > > > If this wasn't what you where asking please ask again:-) > > >=20 > > > sorry, I wasn't clear. > > >=20 > > > I have 2 FBSD boxes: a server with no graphics card (S) and a > > > laptop (L). I want to run X applications on S and see the results > > > on L. The applications I run on S are typically xpdf, gs, xfig, > > > display, firefox, etc. > > >=20 > > > While I could install ports/xorg on both boxes, this is probably > > > excessive. Since I won't run any xorg applications on L, I > > > probably don't need xorg-apps on L. Likewise, since I'm not > > > running xorg server on S, I probably don't need xorg-server on S. > > > This is my basic understanding of xorg server-clients model. Is > > > this logic correct? > > >=20 > > > However, I'm not sure on what box (S, L or both) I need: > > > xorg-libraries > > > xorg-fonts > > > xorg-drivers > > > xorg-protos > > >=20 > > > etc. > > >=20 > >=20 > > If you are after a real minimal installation with XDMCP you can do > > like this: > >=20 > > On S: > > x11/xdm > >=20 > > On L: > > x11-servers/xorg-server > > x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard > > x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse > > x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel (or what ever card you have) > > x11-fonts/font-alias > > x11-fonts/font-cursor-misc > > x11-fonts/font-misc-misc > >=20 > > Configure X on L: > > X -configure > > X -config xorg.conf.new > > cp xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf > >=20 > > Configure XDM on S: > > Read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-xdm.html > >=20 > > Start XDM on S: > > xdm > > (if you want it to start after reboot look for a line about xdm > > (ttyv8) in /etc/ttys, change off to on) > >=20 > > Start X on L: > > X -query S >=20 > Anders thanks >=20 > I tried to follow your guidelines, but cannot see the login prompt > after X -query S. I also cannot see port 177 open on S, only: >=20 > 6000/tcp open X11 >=20 > Should 177/udp and /tcp be open on S? How to do this? >=20 > I've the following line in /etc/ttys: >=20 > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -daemon" xterm on secure >=20 > and: >=20 > % ps ax|grep xdm > 38718 ?? Is 0:00.08 /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -daemon ttyv8 > 44523 ?? Rs 0:17.61 /usr/local/bin/X :0 > -auth /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/auth 44524 ?? Ss 0:08.04 xdm: :0 > (xdm) 45544 v4 RL+ 0:00.01 grep xdm > % >=20 > and I commented out this line in xdm-config=20 >=20 > !DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 >=20 > What am I missing? >=20 >=20 > many thanks > anton >=20 How does you /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xaccess look? Try to put: LISTEN xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where the xxx thing are the ip of S! --=20 Anders Trob=E4ck http://www.troback.com/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" --------------------------------------------
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