Re: Connecting Xdarwin to XDM-Server
Re: Connecting Xdarwin to XDM-Server
- Subject: Re: Connecting Xdarwin to XDM-Server
- From: "Louis Guillaume" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:12:46 -0500
Schmidt, Volker wrote:
Hello,
I din't find any solution in the FAQ so I'm asking here:
I'm searching a possibility to easy-connect to some UNIX-Servers using
XDisplayManager login (not ssh-tunneling).
It works in Xdarwin which was not connected to Apple but with xdarwin.org
with following command line:
/usr/X11R6/bin/XDarwinStarup -fullscreen -nostartx -query
unix.server.to.connect
In Xdarwin which comes with OS-X 10.3 there is neither an option -nostartx
nor -fullscreen wich prevents from starting a local windowmanager and to
switch to fullscreen-mode.
In the moment I use the following solution with the "new" Xdarwin:
I start by starting the X11.app, switching to fullscreen, quitting X11.app
and typing the command line
/usr/X11R6/bin/X -query unix.server.to.connect
This seems to be a little too complicated. Is there is simplier solution?
Is there a possibility to add a X11query.app which has a preference-pane for
selecting an XDM-Server and a fontserver to connect with (and a switch
between fullscreen and rootless). This application should not start a local
windowmanager.
Thanx for you help
I think you're stuck on the command line and with the XFree86
distribution for what you're trying to do.
Assuming you have one or more machines running xdm or some similar X
display manager on the same network, you could...
X :0 -indirect server.running.xdm
... you should get a "chooser" window with a list of xdm-machines
visible to the xdm machine's subnet.
As far as the fullscreen/rootless thing, what I've been doing is have
Apple's X11 installed and then install XFree86 over it. Now we can use
XDarwin, with all it's nice features, and also run quartz-wm as the
window manager in rootless mode.
This .xinitrc is what I use to pick the right window manager for
rootful/rootless...
#!/bin/sh
xterm -bg "rgb:f/f/e" -sb -rightbar -sl 2048 &
if [ -z "`xdpyinfo |grep ' *Apple-DRI'`" ] ; then
xsetroot -solid sienna
exec /usr/X11R6/bin/twm
else
exec /usr/X11R6/bin/quartz-wm
fi
... now when you run XDarwin.app, it will run the appropriate window
manager for your rootless/rootful situation. Perhaps we need a reliable
way of doing this from within XDarwin.
Louis
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