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Old 2nd July 2008
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Default KDM over VNC

I am trying to get KDM working over VNC for the first time. The system is running FreeBSD 6.3.

I know that KDE has a built-in VNC server, but I cannot find an option to enable it for KDM.

I have also tried TightVNC. I am able to use TightVNC to start a KDE session, but have thus far been unable to make KDM work with it.


Any help would be appreciated!

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Old 3rd July 2008
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You need to configure vnc to start using inetd and allow kdm to respond to xdmcp requests. Should not need anything else.
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I have tried that basic methodology. The only result was that KDM was no longer visible at its own monitor.

Do you have (or know of) an actual guide to doing this?

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Old 3rd July 2008
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What steps have you followed? You should still have local login.
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Old 3rd July 2008
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Just like we had said, above. Config inetd to start vncserver. kdmrc set to xdmcp, with the default port 177.

At first, I left the vncserver's xstartup file as stock. When that didn't work, I tried replacing startx with startkde, kdm, and xdm. Nothing worked.

But, as previously mentioned, I did manage to rob my local screen of the KDM login. That was just lovely. After I restored all the files back to their original state - from backup copies, no less - my KDM login screen is different. It's quite a bit less attractive now. I guess whatever theme/skin it had been using somehow got changed. Ain't that skippy. And I KNOW that I didn't mess with any theming. *sigh*

So... Unless someone has an actual, tested and verified method... I guess I'll just stick to having the vncserver autostart with a root user. It's good enough for administration purposes.
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Old 3rd July 2008
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The most recent vnc server configuration I've done has been on opensolaris. That required the following step, translated to FreeBSD
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echo 'vnc\t5900/tcp\t\t#VNC server' >>/etc/services
echo 'vnc stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/local/bin/Xvnc' >> /etc/inetd.conf
/etc/rc.d/inetd restart
That should prepare the system to use vnc, test with vncviewer on either 'localhost' or 'localhost:0' or 'localhost:1' (I don't recall which). Then configuring /etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf. I think on FreeBSD with kdm, you need to enable XDMCP in '/usr/local/share/config/kdm/Xaccess', but I can't tell what needs to be changed or added.

Sorry if this is what you have already done. I don't believe any other files need to be configured, just restart inetd and restart kdm.
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Old 3rd July 2008
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Yeah. That's what I'd already done. It hosed things up.

And, I'm still uncertain about is the xstartup script. I would assume that "startx" is not the correct way to launch KDM... but I have yet to stumble across what is the correct way.

I might play with it some more over the weekend... but I really hate wasting this much time just fumbling in the dark.
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You can't have a kdm session without editing /etc/ttys.
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Old 3rd July 2008
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What do I need to edit in /etc/ttys?
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From the handbook
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To enable kdm, the ttyv8 entry in /etc/ttys has to be adapted. The line should look as follows:
ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
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