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On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 3:04 AM, Helmut Jarausch < |
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jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I'd like to add another terminal to my machine (there is no need for a |
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> separate full blown work station). |
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> I see two possibilities: |
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> - add another graphics card and attach a second screen, keyboard and |
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> mouse. I'd have to figure out how to tell X11 that configuration |
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> - built something like an X-terminal: a mini-pc (with a mini Gentoo |
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> system) and connect it to my "server" via ethernet to the. I'd use |
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> NXclient on that machine. I'd prefer this options since this "terminal" |
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> needn't be close to the server machine. |
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> Would anybody be so kind to share his/her experience with these options |
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> or even suggest another one? |
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I've been using a nice little D525 Atom box that uses XDMCP into my main |
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machine. That works well except that I've never cared to delve deep enough |
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into streaming the audio to the Atom. And it seems like some of the KDE |
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tools think that if you log into the machine, it's okay to assume that your |
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X session is all one common jungle of interconnections. I've seen dbus do |
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this, too. |
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If I use a lighter WM, it's not an issue. Mostly I use wmaker anyway on the |
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Atom but KDE standalone there works great. |
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One other way that I've played with on and off again for many years now is |
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with Xvnc. I have an old Axel thin client that does VNC/RDP and telnet and |
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things and it works quite well. I've just stood up wmaker in a VNC session |
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on my main box, point the Axel at it and, presto: X sessions through a |
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silent 10W tray. It's very usable at 100Mbps. |
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Bill Longman |
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