Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:17:11 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Anders Trob??ck <freebsd@troback.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: minimum xorg install for clients side Message-ID: <20080707101711.GA49425@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080706200524.4b626fc8@baal.troback.com> 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>
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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: > > > On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 02:16:36PM +0200, Anders Trob??ck wrote: > > > > > > 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! > > > > > > If this wasn't what you where asking please ask again:-) > > > > sorry, I wasn't clear. > > > > 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. > > > > 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? > > > > However, I'm not sure on what box (S, L or both) I need: > > xorg-libraries > > xorg-fonts > > xorg-drivers > > xorg-protos > > > > etc. > > > > If you are after a real minimal installation with XDMCP you can do like > this: > > On S: > x11/xdm > > 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 > > Configure X on L: > X -configure > X -config xorg.conf.new > cp xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > Configure XDM on S: > Read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-xdm.html > > 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) > > Start X on L: > X -query S Anders thanks 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: 6000/tcp open X11 Should 177/udp and /tcp be open on S? How to do this? I've the following line in /etc/ttys: ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -daemon" xterm on secure and: % 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 % and I commented out this line in xdm-config !DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 What am I missing? many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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