Re: [coLinux-users] Question: XDMCP and Ubuntu Desktop

[Marwan Al-S. <mar...@gm...>]

Cool great to hear,

Marwan

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Patrick Kennedy <pak...@gm...>
wrote:

> Howdy again!
>
> I just want to say thanks for the warm welcome and explaining which
> command to use, I'd never have figured it out on my own.
>
> Also, to summerize for anyone else who needs help with an Ubuntu FS:
>
> Once you're able to open windows (ie. xterm or Firefox) in XMing you'll
> need to install ubuntu-desktop which has 400mb of dependancies, which unpack
> to 1.6gb, meaning you'll likely need to give yourself at least a gigabyte
> more space.
>
> For that you'll likely need to use e2progs (a.k.a. topoenlarge), I've had
> troubles with e2progs 1.38.x so I've hosted a precomiled 1.40.8 version for
> anyone who needs it (GMail doesn't like exe's). In anycase, just run
> topoenlarge.bat and select "Find File", change the number to however many mb
> you want to add to the image (in this case 1000ish) and then hit "enlarge
> file".
>
> After ubuntu-desktop installs (it takes a few hours) just run
> 'gnome-session &' and you should be all set.
> (Note that it may take some time to fully load.)
>
> If you want to use XDMCP, just set it up as described here:
> http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/XCoLinux#XDMCP_with_GDM and run
> 'gnome-session'
>
> I hope that was easy enough to understand, ar at least that it will give a
> basic direction to experiment in.
>
> topoenlarge 1.40.8 mirror:
> http://files.myopera.com/Hawk-McKain/files/topoenlarge-0.5.1.zip
>
> On 4/8/08, Marwan Al-Sabbagh <mar...@gm...> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Patrick Kennedy <pak...@gm...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Howdy! I want to start by saying I'm very new to Linux and infact only
> > > started attempting to use it last week when I heard about coLinux so
> > please
> > > go easy on me.
> > >
> > > Now, over the past week I've been attempting to piece together
> > information
> > > on how to use coLinux based on the wiki and other websites and so far
> > I've
> > > been fairly successful, I got SLiRP and the TAP working along with
> > XMing
> > > (I've run xterm and Firefox)  but I've hit this stumbling block trying
> > to
> > > use the Ubuntu desktop "xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O"
> > when
> > > I try an run an xorg server
> > >
> > > I read in this post to the list
> > > (
> > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=20060322011946.I46635%40lionking.org
> > )
> > > that you're not supposed to run an X Server at all, so my question is
> > how
> > > does XDMCP work and can anyone explain how to set it up in a way that
> > will
> > > let me run the Gnome desktop over my Windows' desktop (via XMing or
> > > cygwin/X) or is it only possible to run specific applications like
> > "xterm&"
> > > or "firefox&" through XMing?
> > >
> > > My configuration:
> > > -- Windows XP Pro - SP2
> > > -- coLinux v0.7.2
> > > -- Ubuntu-7.10.ext3.2gb.fs
> > > -- Worked mainly from
> > > http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=security&seqNum=26(parts 2
> > > and 3) and http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/XCoLinux
> > >
> > >
> > > Not sure what else to add, I can attach any logs needed.
> > >
> > > In anycase, thank you for any help you can give this newbie!
> >
> > >
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> > Hi Patrick,
> >   Firstly welcome to the Linux community, I love seeing more people
> > come into the fold. The good news is that you've done all the hard
> > work already of getting coLinux, Ubuntu, and Xming working. You can
> > use the same way that you used to run xterm, firefox to run the
> > desktop. Just run gnome-session. This will start the full gnome
> > desktop.
> >
> >
> > Marwan
> >
>
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