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тАО07-31-2006 05:57 AM
тАО07-31-2006 05:57 AM
How can a Linux user get a GUI?
Thanks,
Ed
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тАО07-31-2006 06:05 AM
тАО07-31-2006 06:05 AM
Re: How can a Linux user get a GUI?
The system needs a working gdm.conf file that permits outside access in gui mode.
The file is in /etc/X11/gdm and is very well documented. A couple of changes to it and a GUI login can be done directly
startx should be executable by users:
root@baghdad gdm]# whereis startx
startx: /usr/X11R6/bin/startx /usr/bin/X11/startx
[root@baghdad gdm]# ll /usr/bin/X11/startx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3174 May 4 06:57 /usr/bin/X11/startx
[root@baghdad gdm]#
Make sure the user sets the DISPLAY variable to point back to her or his workstation.
export DISPLAY=192.168.0.20:0.0
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тАО08-01-2006 02:08 AM
тАО08-01-2006 02:08 AM
Re: How can a Linux user get a GUI?
if this is a one time thing, simply log in as root and issue the command:
init 5
if this is a more perminant thing, take a look at /etc/inittab for the line that looks like this:
id:3:initdefault:
and change it to
id:5:initdefault:
good luck
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тАО08-01-2006 02:10 AM
тАО08-01-2006 02:10 AM
Re: How can a Linux user get a GUI?
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тАО08-03-2006 02:24 AM
тАО08-03-2006 02:24 AM
Re: How can a Linux user get a GUI?
Make sure that your server/machine boots in Runlevel 5.
Then, you need to edit the file "/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf" and go to the "[xdmcp]" section and make sure you have Enable=True set.
After that, you'll have to export the display as Steve has suggested.
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Atul
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тАО08-03-2006 04:43 AM
тАО08-03-2006 04:43 AM
Re: How can a Linux user get a GUI?
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тАО08-03-2006 04:56 AM
тАО08-03-2006 04:56 AM
Re: How can a Linux user get a GUI?
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тАО08-03-2006 07:09 PM
тАО08-03-2006 07:09 PM
Re: How can a Linux user get a GUI?
Get PuTTY (it's free, google for it) or another SSH client for the windows box.
Ensure that the Linux server has "X11Forwarding yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
1.) Start up exceed, but don't connect to anything with it - just have it running.
2.) Start up PuTTY, go through SSH mode settings and tick the box named "X11 connection forwarding".
3.) Use PuTTY to connect to the Linux box. Looks like just another telnet-like connection, right?
4.) Run a command that requires GUI. For testing, "xclock &" is good. The window should appear on your screen. To convince yourself you're on the correct host, run a GUI file manager application and take a look around.
Now you can use any GUI tool if you know how to start it from the shell. It may not be as convenient as a remote access to the entire desktop environment, but it uses less bandwidth.
You can get a full desktop session, too: run "startkde" or "gnome-session" (whichever you prefer). You may need to change Exceed to a mode where you're using a separate "remote desktop window" for that.
If you are unfamiliar with SSH, the content of the DISPLAY variable on the remote host might look odd. Don't fiddle with it: it works as is.
The old-style way of setting up a X11 connection requires setting the DISPLAY variable correctly, then fiddling with "xauth" or "xhost" commands. *None* of this is needed with properly-setup SSH: it all happens automatically.
As a bonus, the GUI-related traffic becomes a part of the SSH connection and gets encrypted. No need to open any ports other than 22/TCP for SSH.
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тАО08-03-2006 11:57 PM
тАО08-03-2006 11:57 PM
Re: How can a Linux user get a GUI?
Here is the document teach you how to confgure your Exceed to access to your X Windows, URL is http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/software/exceed/sshexceed.html
Good luck.
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тАО08-04-2006 01:42 AM
тАО08-04-2006 01:42 AM
Re: How can a Linux user get a GUI?
Yes, for a remote X login, most convenient way is to start vnc server on the linux server, and run vnc client in either linux or winodws. You don't need runlevel 5.