[opensuse] remote login from splash screen
I have a Suse 9 SP3 64 bit host I've installed gdm via sunray server. The default WM is KDE. What I'd like the login screen to allow is a remote login to any machine eg broadcasting via XDMCP without first logging in to this host. Under CDE, this would be found under options-->remote host. I've already modified gdm.conf with Enable=True Browser=true ChooserButton=true I've restarted X11 but see no difference. On this host I can xnest to get a remote login display from the various target hosts so I know they're running XDMCP. What other steps do I need to take? TIA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
* dave stern - e-mail.pluribus.unum (dit.dash@gmail.com) [20080516 16:57]:
What other steps do I need to take?
Set DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS="yes" in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and run SuSEconfig afterwards. Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Thanks for your reply. Actually, I've done all this. What I see on the
splash screen
are just the language and session buttons. Under sessions, I only see
the various
WM choices (in this case Last, KDE, Default and gnome).
If I run gdmchooser within a kde session, I am prompted for hosts so
it might just
be a misconfigure of gdm.conf or some other file is affecting it
Here's what's turned on in gdm.conf (grep -v "^#")
[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=false
AutomaticLogin=
TimedLoginEnable=false
TimedLogin=
TimedLoginDelay=30
Configurator=/usr/bin/gdmsetup --disable-sound --disable-crash-dialog
Chooser=/usr/bin/gdmchooser
Greeter=/usr/bin/gdmgreeter
RemoteGreeter=/usr/bin/gdmlogin
DefaultPath=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11R6/bin:/usr/bin
AlwaysRestartServer=false
User=gdm
Group=gdm
LogDir=/var/log/gdm
PidFile=/var/run/gdm.pid
PostLoginScriptDir=/etc/X11/gdm/SunRayPostLogin/
PreSessionScriptDir=/etc/X11/gdm/SunRayPreSession/
PostSessionScriptDir=/etc/X11/gdm/SunRayPostSession/
DisplayInitDir=/etc/X11/gdm/SunRayInit
FailsafeXServer=
XKeepsCrashing=/bin/true
RebootCommand=/bin/false
HaltCommand=/bin/false
SuspendCommand=/bin/false
ServAuthDir=/var/gdm
BaseXsession=/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession
UserAuthDir=
UserAuthFBDir=/tmp
UserAuthFile=.Xauthority
StandardXServer=/usr/X11R6/bin/X
FlexibleXServers=0
Xnest=/usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest -audit 0 -name Xnest
VTAllocation=false
[security]
AllowRoot=true
AllowRemoteRoot=true
AllowRemoteAutoLogin=false
RelaxPermissions=0
RetryDelay=3
UserMaxFile=65536
DisallowTCP=false
[xdmcp]
Enable=true
HonorIndirect=true
Willing=/etc/X11/gdm/Xwilling
[gui]
GtkRC=/usr/share/themes/Bluecurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
[greeter]
TitleBar=false
ConfigAvailable=false
Browser=false
DefaultFace=/usr/share/pixmaps/nobody.png
Exclude=bin,daemon,adm,lp,sync,shutdown,halt,mail,news,uucp,operator,nobody,gdm,postgres,pvm,rpm,nfsnobody,pcap
GlobalFaceDir=/usr/share/faces/
LocaleFile=/etc/X11/gdm/locale.alias
Logo=
Quiver=true
SystemMenu=false
Welcome=Welcome
RemoteWelcome=Welcome to %n
LockPosition=true
SetPosition=false
PositionX=0
PositionY=0
XineramaScreen=0
BackgroundType=0
BackgroundImage=
BackgroundScaleToFit=true
BackgroundColor=#27408b
BackgroundRemoteOnlyColor=true
RunBackgroundProgramAlways=false
ShowGnomeFailsafeSession=false
ShowXtermFailsafeSession=false
Use24Clock=false
UseCirclesInEntry=false
GraphicalTheme=circles
GraphicalThemeDir=/usr/share/gdm/themes/
[chooser]
DefaultHostImg=/usr/share/pixmaps/nohost.png
HostImageDir=/usr/share/hosts/
ScanTime=4
Hosts=greenticle,reticle
Broadcast=true
AllowAdd=true
[debug]
Enable=true
[servers]
0=StandardVT
0=Chooser
[server-Standard]
name=Standard server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0
flexible=false
[server-StandardVT]
name=Standard server with VTAllocation
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0 vt7
flexible=false
[server-Terminal]
name=Terminal server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0 -terminate
flexible=false
handled=false
[server-Chooser]
name=Chooser server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0
flexible=false
chooser=true
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Philipp Thomas
* dave stern - e-mail.pluribus.unum (dit.dash@gmail.com) [20080516 16:57]:
What other steps do I need to take?
Set DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS="yes" in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and run SuSEconfig afterwards.
Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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dave stern - e-mail.pluribus.unum wrote:
I have a Suse 9 SP3 64 bit host I've installed gdm via sunray server. The default WM is KDE. What I'd like the login screen to allow is a remote login to any machine eg broadcasting via XDMCP without first logging in to this host.
Under CDE, this would be found under options-->remote host. I've already modified gdm.conf with
Enable=True Browser=true ChooserButton=true
I've restarted X11 but see no difference. On this host I can xnest to get a remote login display from the various target hosts so I know they're running XDMCP.
What other steps do I need to take?
TIA
Assuming the other computers are configured for XDMCP, it's all ready there. I don't recall the exact details, as I don't have a SUSE box in front of me, but when you're at the login screen, look at the bottom left corner of the display. In the right section, there's the place where you select login type. Chose remote login. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
fr., 16.05.2008 kl. 11.15 -0400, skrev James Knott:
dave stern - e-mail.pluribus.unum wrote:
I have a Suse 9 SP3 64 bit host I've installed gdm via sunray server. The default WM is KDE. What I'd like the login screen to allow is a remote login to any machine eg broadcasting via XDMCP without first logging in to this host.
Under CDE, this would be found under options-->remote host. I've already modified gdm.conf with
Enable=True Browser=true ChooserButton=true
I've restarted X11 but see no difference. On this host I can xnest to get a remote login display from the various target hosts so I know they're running XDMCP.
What other steps do I need to take?
Try pressing F10 That brings up a "extra" menu under gdm for me. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Indeed it was a couple of settings in gdm.conf
First and foremost, SystemMenu must be set to be true or the "Action" menu
under which the Option "Run XDMCP chooser" will not appear.
Second, Sunray server software installs its own version of gdm. It is missing
the Xwilling script. I temporarily got around this by repointing
Willing=/etc/X11/xdm/Xwilling rather than in the gdm directory. Ultimately,
I'll probably rewrite it.
Thanks to all for the suggestions
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Bjørn Lie
fr., 16.05.2008 kl. 11.15 -0400, skrev James Knott:
dave stern - e-mail.pluribus.unum wrote:
I have a Suse 9 SP3 64 bit host I've installed gdm via sunray server. The default WM is KDE. What I'd like the login screen to allow is a remote login to any machine eg broadcasting via XDMCP without first logging in to this host.
Under CDE, this would be found under options-->remote host. I've already modified gdm.conf with
Enable=True Browser=true ChooserButton=true
I've restarted X11 but see no difference. On this host I can xnest to get a remote login display from the various target hosts so I know they're running XDMCP.
What other steps do I need to take?
Try pressing F10
That brings up a "extra" menu under gdm for me.
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Philipp Thomas