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#! rnews 1333 bsd From: gnikl@informatik.uni-rostock.de (Gunther Nikl) Subject: Re: XDM and "remote desktops" ? Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Followup-To: comp.unix.amiga,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc References: <24355476.u9t27e.208d8@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.30.3.239 Message-ID: <33425b08.0@info4.uni-rostock.de> Date: 2 Apr 97 13:11:36 GMT Lines: 16 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!144.212.100.12!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!info4.uni-rostock.de!sam!gnikl Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.amiga:15336 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38364 Jim Dutton (jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu) wrote: > Am I dreaming, or is it possible to to use XDM to run a "remote desktop" > on my "local machine"? > With more than one X-server host, I would like to have not just an Xterm > open, but a window manager and all available X-applications from the remote > host (ie; desktop) displaying (running) on my local (X-server) host. > It looks like this might be possible with XDM, but I haven't yet figured > out how to make it work. Has anyone else been successful with this? Try: X -query <host I want all stuff from> -once Maybe you need some more options to add. Gunther