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> 
> Hi,
> 
> In one of our student labs I installed 4 486DX33 Machines as X-terminals.
> They are using netboot and share the same tree. I would like to make them
> mount the root filesystem readonly but the Xserver complains that need to
> create locks in /tmp. 

Try using the -nolock and -pn options, e.g.

   XF86_SVGA -nolock -pn -query xdmserver.your.domain

- Tor Egge