Remote X session, again

[Matthew Carpenter]

Note to all SuSE 8.1 users:  There is a bug in the Xstartup script which
doesn't setup remote GUI Logins, even if you set
DISPLAYMANAGER_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE="yes" in /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager.  

This is because they missed a variable-name-change between 8.0 and 8.1.  To
fix this, you change the /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup script as listed below (or you
should be able to "cd /etc/X11/xdm" and then run "patch".  Then copy and paste
the following into the terminal and "CTRL-D" twice at the end.  This is the
same as saving this as a file and then "patch < file.diff" from that
directory.  I found this on the support site.  Once these are done, run
SuSEconfig and restart X.  

--- Xstartup	2003-05-08 15:42:48.000000000 -0400
+++ /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup	2003-05-08 15:41:43.000000000 -0400
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
     test "$LOCATION" = "console"       && break
     test "$LOCATION" = "localhost"     && break
     test "$LOCATION" = "`hostname -f`" && break
-    test -s /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager && . /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager
-    test "$DISPLAYMANAGER_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE" = "yes"  && break
+    test -s /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager  && . /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager
+    test "$DISPLAYMANAGER_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE" = "yes" && break
     $xmessage -timeout 10 -default okay -center "No foreign root login
allowed"
     exit 1
 done



On Wed, 07 May 2003 20:00:27 -0400
Joel Hammer <Joel at hammershome.com> wrote:

> The cure was knowing that the system starts kdm, not X, so, you have to poke
> around in:
> /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers
> Then, don't forget to run xhost+ .
> (My workstation is behind a firewall.)
> Joel
> 
> ZKMthe fact that the command to start X is in 
> On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 04:53:48PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
> > On 05/07/03 16:42, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > > I can log onto a computer using X :1 -query remotebox
> > > and run an X session.
> > > 
> > > But, if I telent to the box, and try a graphical thinggee like gv, I get
> > > 
> > >      _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > > 
> > > I have removed the -nolisten tcp in Xserver, I have run xhosts+ on my
> > > workstation, and the display variable is properly set by telnet on the
> > > remote box. My firewall on the workstation is wide open.
> > > 
> > >      Although I am running X, what I don't see is X listening
> > >      on 6000. There are no X servers listening, as a matter
> > >      of a fact.
> > > 
> > > I am using linodows (Debian).
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions appreciated,
> > 
> > sure, use ssh, and all of this is setup for you.  if you insist on using 
> > telnet, then you'll need to export your display on the remote end.
> > 
> > -- 
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