Ho do you enable remote X connections for KDM?

[virtualcld]

I know what everyone's first reaction is, "Use ssh -X since it's easier and more secure." However, this is for a work environment on a secure network using a setup that requires a remote X connection to work. Does anyone know how to enable this? I can't seem to figure out how to configure kdm to allow this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, this forum has been a tremendous help resource over the years!

[sithlord48]

Re: Ho do you enable remote X connections for KDM?

im not sure if this is what your looking for but NX (nomachine) allows you to log in remotely and spawn kde/gnome etc. session http://www.nomachine.com/ (for more info)

[virtualcld]

Re: Ho do you enable remote X connections for KDM?

Thanks for the help and that is an option, but I'm specifically looking for how to enable remote X connection for kdm. I'm not really looking for a work around, but thank you. I found some info on how to do it for gdm, but 1) this is kdm, not gdm, and 2) it has since changed for 10.04.

[Guest]

Re: Ho do you enable remote X connections for KDM?

I'm bumping this topic since it's a little stale at this point. I am also trying to do remote X via ssh.. "Mostly" it should work like gnome however my 64 bit install isn't allowing me either.. Here's what I've done to diagnose the issue with no current solution.

If I log into the main machine locally that I want to log into via ssh, open a tty or terminal log into "ssh localhost" then issue "echo $DISPLAY" I get nothing but a blank line. There should be a value of some sort like "localhost:0" or similar.... Nothing.

I've checked /etc/ssh/ssh_config & sshd_config to make sure that X11forwarding = yes.

Beyond this I'm stuck and almost all docs for ssh -X are gnome related.. KDE3.x also had some differences and there are docs for those via google. The kde directories and items to modify are also in 4.3+ but making the changes has no effect...

Any How-To's, thoughts, suggestions are welcome.

[kubicle]

Re: Ho do you enable remote X connections for KDM?

If I log into the main machine locally that I want to log into via ssh, open a tty or terminal log into "ssh localhost" then issue "echo $DISPLAY" I get nothing but a blank line. There should be a value of some sort like "localhost:0" or similar.... Nothing.

Do you get the $DISPLAY set with "ssh -X localhost" (setting X forwarding explicitly)?

However, this is for a work environment on a secure network using a setup that requires a remote X connection to work. Does anyone know how to enable this? I can't seem to figure out how to configure kdm to allow this.

Do you still have problems with this (as your post is over a month old)? you should be able to enable XDMCP in the [xdmcp] section of /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc.