On 12/05/05, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 11:55, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > > > > > >If you want to set up a system specifically for this, check out the > > >k12ltsp distribution which has rebuilt fedora ISOs which will > > >come up ready to network-boot thin clients so you don't even have > > >to install anything on them. > > > > > > > > > > > As XDMC seemed to quickly give a response and do something (i'm not sure > > what yet) I might as well go with that, it is already part of the fedora > > core base installation after all. > > > > Of course it isn't working yet, I took the harddrive out of the laptop > > to be sure it'd try a network boot, and it did. So, now I'm getting: > > > > CLIENT MAV ADDR: etc... GUID etc... > > PXE-E51: No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received. > > There are two different things involved here. XDMCP just gives > you the ability to get a graphic login from X running on another > box (and after the login, the desktop and apps will run there). > However, you still have make the laptop run X yourself. You can > install enough Linux for that, or run the Cygwin version under > MS-windows, or boot a run-from-CD version of Linux into text > mode and start X manually with the > X -query your_server command I mentioned earlier. I'd try one > of these first, probably a knoppix CD, entering 'knoppix 2' at the > boot prompt to make it start in text mode. > > If you want to network-boot the laptop, you need to set up additional > software. You can either add the ltsp package to your existing server > or reinstall from the k12ltsp distribution which will have what you > need built-in. This part basically just loads linux over the > network to the point where you have X running, then does the XDMCP > login as above. > > -- > Les Mikesell > les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I would install Windows or a small Linux distribution on your laptop. Install VNC on your main Linux box then use VNC client on your Laptop.
