I have a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server with no GUI/desktop installed. I'd like to have a desktop of some kind running, but I won't be using the desktop at the console, just over my LAN. I'd like the console to remain text-only.
What's the shortest route to getting this? I presume I'll need some kind of X client on my PC and connect via XDMCP to the server. Suggestions?
Kevin
IIRC you only need XDMCP if you want to splash a login screen. You can just SSH in with the -X option instead, and then start up your window manager (e.g. gnome-session)
Sean
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Kevin McGregor kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.comwrote:
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server with no GUI/desktop installed. I'd like to have a desktop of some kind running, but I won't be using the desktop at the console, just over my LAN. I'd like the console to remain text-only.
What's the shortest route to getting this? I presume I'll need some kind of X client on my PC and connect via XDMCP to the server. Suggestions?
Kevin
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Good point. I had forgotten about that option.
So my questions is, since I have zero Gnome-stuff currently installed on my server, what's the minimum stuff I need to install (apt-get install <stuff>) to get a Gnome desktop?
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Sean Walberg sean@ertw.com wrote:
IIRC you only need XDMCP if you want to splash a login screen. You can just SSH in with the -X option instead, and then start up your window manager (e.g. gnome-session)
Sean
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Kevin McGregor < kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server with no GUI/desktop installed. I'd like to have a desktop of some kind running, but I won't be using the desktop at the console, just over my LAN. I'd like the console to remain text-only.
What's the shortest route to getting this? I presume I'll need some kind of X client on my PC and connect via XDMCP to the server. Suggestions?
Kevin
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With X, the terminology is also backwards to what you might think ... the "Server" is managing your display/keyboard/mouse and the "client" runs on the remote machine you're working on ... If you want to turn a PC into a X display machine, i've used other options, but really, some form of *nix is best for this ...
Dan.
On 13-03-17 05:32 PM, Kevin McGregor wrote:
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server with no GUI/desktop installed. I'd like to have a desktop of some kind running, but I won't be using the desktop at the console, just over my LAN. I'd like the console to remain text-only.
What's the shortest route to getting this? I presume I'll need some kind of X client on my PC and connect via XDMCP to the server. Suggestions?
Kevin
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On 13-03-17 05:32 PM, Kevin McGregor wrote:
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server with no GUI/desktop installed. I'd like to have a desktop of some kind running, but I won't be using the desktop at the console, just over my LAN. I'd like the console to remain text-only.
What's the shortest route to getting this? I presume I'll need some kind of X client on my PC and connect via XDMCP to the server. Suggestions?
Kevin
This may not be what you are looking for but why not use fuse. This way you probably don't have to get anything special running on the server and all the work is done by the client.
Later Mike
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