Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 20:05:24 +0200 From: Anders =?UTF-8?B?VHJvYsOkY2s=?= <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: <20080706200524.4b626fc8@baal.troback.com> In-Reply-To: <20080706152408.GA38234@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>
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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: > > On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 11:38:42 +0100 > > Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > >=20 > > > I've a headless machine on which I'd like to run > > > xorg clients, but no server. What ports do I need > > > to install? xorg-apps? > > >=20 > > > many thanks > > > anton > > >=20 > > >=20 > >=20 > > Not 100% sure what you are asking, but if you want to run, let's say > > xterm, just install xterm! > >=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 > many thanks > anton >=20 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 Hope that helps:-) --=20 =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=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?" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Anders Trob=C3=A4ck http://www.troback.com/ -
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