[03:34] <willwh> hey guys
[03:34] <willwh> :)
[03:35] <ball> Mornin'
[03:36] <willwh> anyone know anything about remote gdm login?
[03:36] <willwh> I use an ssh tunnel for vnc
[03:36] <willwh> but
[03:37] <willwh> if I don't log a session in first - kinda stuck
[03:37] <ball> I tunnel VNC through ssh too.
[03:37] <ball> I still don't really undestand "sessions" in X.
[03:37] <willwh> http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/GDM_XDMCP.html
[03:38] <willwh> there's that, but it seems a little old
[03:38] <willwh> vi /etc/rc.local
[03:38] <willwh> wups :D
[03:38] <willwh> 2 many shells open >.>
[03:39] <willwh> too*
[03:42] <dscassel> willwh: Have a look at NX. http://kwlug.org/node/713
[03:43] <willwh> dscassel: I don't want to do that
[03:43] <willwh> :)
[03:43] <willwh> really - there is no way to allow remote gdm login? I don't believe that :)
[03:43] <willwh> going to test this out
[03:43] <willwh> ball: will let you know how I get on
[03:43] <willwh> dscassel: thank you for the suggestion though :)
[03:43] <dscassel> Yeah, XDMCP, but it's kind of clunky.
[03:44] <willwh> just firing up gdm at run level 2
[03:44] <willwh> looks like it may do the trick
[03:47] <ball> willwh: What are you trying to achieve?
[03:47] <willwh> being able to remote login to a GUI, without having logged a gdm session in to the remote box
[03:48] <willwh> shell is all good 90% of the time, but I have a fairly nice eclipse setup now
[03:48] <willwh> vim is good for quick stuff
[03:48] <willwh> but not debugging / etc :)
[03:48] <ball> willwh: Do you want to connect to the (graphical) console, or a virtual desktop?
[03:48] <willwh> log in to the desktop
[03:49] <ball> The same desktop you would see if you were sitting at the keyboard?
[03:49] <willwh> yes indeed
[03:49] <ball> Doesn't Ubuntu support that out of the box?
[03:49] <willwh> not
[03:49] <willwh> no*
[03:50] <ball> I thought it shipped with a VNC server
[03:50] <willwh> it does
[03:50] <willwh> but you can't log in without an active session prior
[03:50] <ball> I wonder if I filed that as a bug.
[03:51]  * ball ponders
[03:52] <ball> http://potchery.blogspot.com/ and scroll down to 2008-12-19
[03:53] <ball> Ah, looks like that was my standard virtual desktop configuration.
[03:53] <ball> ...so not the console
[03:53] <ball> (has the advantage of supporting multiple concurrent users)
[03:57] <ball> hello billybigrigger
[04:00]  * ball wanders off to check on fork
[14:19] <doug1> willwh  said
[14:19] <doug1> it does but you can't log in without an active session prior 22:50
[14:20] <doug1> I would like to know how to do this
[15:15] <BluesKaj> howdy
[15:16] <billybigrigger> :P
[15:16] <billybigrigger> still not much happening here :P
[15:17] <BluesKaj> nope :)
[15:18] <dscassel> Sad, really.
[15:19] <billybigrigger> yup
[15:19] <billybigrigger> 30 people you'd think there would always be something going on in here
[15:20] <dscassel> Might I make a humble suggestion?
[15:20] <billybigrigger> well i'm going to the kitchen and grabbing a coffee and standing outside in -30 for a cig :P
[15:20] <billybigrigger> dscassel, what's that?
[15:21] <dscassel> Say someone comes in the room and goes "Howdy," hypothetically.
[15:21] <dscassel> The best way to then start a conversation is probably not to immediately say "Nothing ever happens here, so why bother?"
[15:21] <dscassel> Just sayin. :)
[15:21] <BluesKaj> I'm debating whether to install ubuntu-server or not ...I basically just need amdia server , but I mhavent found anything that suits me , they're either too complex and clunky or minimal with few oprions
[15:22] <BluesKaj> media server
[15:22] <dscassel> BluesKaj: Yeah, I haven't really had much luck in that arena.
[15:23] <dscassel> Mostly, I just set up a samba share on my main machine and leave it at that.
[15:23] <billybigrigger> amdia, never heard of it
[15:24] <billybigrigger> dscassel, if it wasn't for me, BluesKaj probably would still be idleing away in +1 :P
[15:24] <billybigrigger> so he wouldn't even have joined, he knew the situation in -ca already
[15:25] <billybigrigger> i don't great everyone who comes in the door the same way... BluesKaj is just special :P
[15:25] <BluesKaj> I'm using kubuntu natty and I just store movies and music etc on it ...it's connected to our tv with dvi/hdmi and coaxaudio to the HT receiver ...works well enuff
[15:25] <BluesKaj> billybigrigger, hehe
[15:25] <dscassel> billybigrigger: Ah, didn't know you guys knew each other.
[15:25] <billybigrigger> i just know him from here and +1
[15:26] <BluesKaj> dscassel, oh yeah , we go back a few yrs , just haven't chatted on a while
[15:26] <billybigrigger> ok, cig and coffe time, bbiab
[15:26] <BluesKaj> in awhile, ....this damm KB !
[15:26] <billybigrigger> dscassel, i'm surprised you don't remember the name, he used to hang here all the time
[15:27] <BluesKaj> coffee ..brb
[15:27] <dscassel> billybigrigger: Yeah, I remember the name, just not the relationship (if I ever knew).
[15:27] <dscassel> I'm kind of bad with handles.
[15:28] <BluesKaj> yeah , my memory is aging too , like the rest of me :P
[15:33] <billybigrigger> any of you guys listened to Matt Andersen?
[15:34] <BluesKaj> who may I ask is Matt Anderson?
[15:35] <BluesKaj> er sen
[15:35] <BluesKaj> my mother's maiden name btw , with the same danish spelling :)
[15:37] <billybigrigger> andersen
[15:38] <billybigrigger> he's a canadian musician
[15:40] <BluesKaj> yeah a blues dude , I recall seeing him on strombo a while back
[15:41] <BluesKaj> i think it was strombo , anyway
[15:50] <BluesKaj> hi zul
[15:52] <zul> hi
[15:53]  * BluesKaj tries to keep a converstion string/thread going , but seems difficult . PPL use autojoin but don't bother to participate seems rather a useless exercise to me
[15:58] <dscassel> Yay, meetings! 2 down this morning, one more to go.
[16:00] <BluesKaj> heh, meetings ..always found most of them a waste of time
[16:00] <BluesKaj> bbl
[16:18] <dscassel> BluesKaj: Definitely.