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Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]

From Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: X server running on a different machine [Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer]
Date 2021-06-29 11:00 +0200
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Hi,

On 2021-06-28 11:13 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 10:46:01PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>> On 2021-06-28 10:12 p.m., Rick Thomas wrote:
>>> I'd love to be able to do that!  E.g. a headless machine with plenty of RAM and CPU power to run Mate, but located in a locked building on the other side of campus.
>>>
>>> What do I need to install to do that?  And what are the configuration options?
> 
>> There's plenty of book you can find by searching on Google with the
>> subject "X11 architecture" or something similar.
>>
>> Simply made,
>> You have the server (the part the display on a screen, ex all the
>> xserver-xorg-*)
>> and
>> You have the client (the software that ask stuff to be displayed, ex : GIMP)
>> Plus you have a window manager that give a "look" to the windows example
>> Gnome / KDE / TWM...
> 
> You also probably want a Display Manager package, configured to use XDMCP.
> 
>> What will make it possible to choose where the client display is by
>> setting DISPLAY variable.
> 
> That would be a heavily piecemeal approach, and there's a bit more to it
> than that.
> 
I know there's much more to this than only setting up the DISPLAY variable.
But, unless this is called a complete tutorial and I'll do all your work
mailing list, then I have the firm belief that if he really want to have
a working solution then he's also gonna do part of the work.

The guy talks about a solution on a campus. So if he's trying to build
such solution then it's a must to be able doing some research on his
own. Or at least reading a "old like myself" HOWTO !

I ain't gonna write back what can be found elsewhere (Wiki, Debian Docs,
etc) regarding the complete sequence of authentication for using remote
display of client for the X11 protocol.

> If you're trying to do this without full XDMCP sessions, an easier
> approach to running one-off X11 clients remotely would be X11 forwarding
> over ssh.  Simply make sure X11 forwarding is enabled on the server's
> sshd_config, and then "ssh -X" from the client to the server, and run
> the single program(s) you want to run.
> 
You may need some configuration on the ssh server side so do a *man
ssh_config* to get the info needed.

> (Avoid ANY proposed solution that talks about xhost.  Seriously.)
> 
Yes, solutions using xhost maybe a bit a pain in the ass but they are
also some of the nice one that get you a understanding of the inner
working of the X11 architectures.
> I still think they're looking for XDMCP sessions, though.
> 

-- 
Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside
-Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development

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