OT Thin Clients

[Norm]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Norm wrote:
>> A friend of mine and I were discussing setting up a server to service
>> our family members via a Thin Client from lap tops.
>> While a thin client into a linux server at a command line level is no
>> big issue, in this case the users must be able to log onto a gui
>> interface level and use their personal desktop.  After looking at things
>> a bit it seems that it is possible for only one user at a time to log on
>> to an xinterface, we had thought that it might be possible to connect to
>> isolated workspaces, are we missing something in the process?
>>
> You normally run an X server on each client. The client acts as a X
> terminal. You then set up the Linux server to accept multiple X
> terminal logins. The desktop is an X client running on the Linux
> server, and the X server running on the client displays it.
> 
> The terminology can be a bit hard to keep straight. The X server is
> the part that handles keyboard/mouse input, and drives the video
> output. It runs on the laptop client. The actual desktop, (KDE,
> Gnome, etc) or windows manager (Blackbox, Fluxbox, etc) run on the
> server system, and are really client programs, even though they are
> running on the server system.
> 
> One thing to keep in mind is that the default display manager setup
> will only accept connections from a X server running on the local
> machine. You will need ot change that, as well as make sure the
> firewall will let you connect. (How to do this has been covered on
> this list, and is also covered on the Linux Terminal Server site.)
> 
> Mikkel
Thanks for your help between LTSP FreeNX and your advice we should be 
able to come up with a solution.  I tried a couple of quick tests before 
I email the list and found there were a couple of curves that I was sure 
had already been dealt with by others.