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

[Holger K. <hol...@gm...>]

Patrick Kennedy schrieb:

> stumbling block trying to use the Ubuntu desktop "xf86EnableIOPorts: 
> failed to set IOPL for I/O" when I try an run an xorg server

No surprise here, you can't run an X11 that is looking for a graphics card. There is none.

 
> 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?

You can run a complete desktop.
You have to start gdm, the gnome desktop manager. It accepts connections via XDMCP.
The problem is that the default config for gdm (or kdm, its kde counterpart) is to start a local X11 server for the graphics card. You will have to disable that, and allow XDMCP.
Read about it here: http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/XCoLinux#XDMCP_with_GDM