Re: NX as a display manager

Am Sonntag, 7. November 2004 14.27 schrieb Fabian Franz:

Morning

BTW: I'm subscribed to the list so you don't need to CC: me.

> Am Sonntag, 7. November 2004 12:14 schrieb Mario Fux:
> > Good morning
> >
> > Is there a possibility to use the NX client (kNX or nomachine client) as
> > a display manager? E.g. as a replacement for kdm.
>
> You can use the NoMachine NX client.
>
> I do it for example with Knoppix:
>
> Have you seen the Speech at Practical Linux?

Unfortunately no.

> Or did you have a chance to grab a "Practical Linux" Knoppix.

Is downloadable somewhere?

> By booting that CD with: desktop=nx nx_server_host=<ip> it'll just start a
> nxclient with a login window - like KDM.

Sounds good.

> > I see a long winded solution: minimal GNU/Linux installation, auto-login
> > for a certain user which autostarts the NX client without anything in the
> > background.
>
> Yeah, like outlined above.

Do I understand it correctly that you did exactly this?

> > BTW: Where can I find the kNX source?
>
> In KDECVS: kdenonbeta/knx

Ok, that means there are nowhere deb packages?

> cu
>
> Fabian

thx
Mario