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* [gentoo-user] [OT] adding another "terminal"
@ 2011-12-20 11:04 Helmut Jarausch
  2011-12-22 15:12 ` Bill Longman
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Helmut Jarausch @ 2011-12-20 11:04 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Hi,

I'd like to add another terminal to my machine (there is no need for a 
separate full blown work station).

I see two possibilities:

-  add another graphics card and attach a second screen, keyboard and 
mouse. I'd have to figure out how to tell X11 that configuration

- built something like an X-terminal: a mini-pc (with a mini Gentoo 
system) and connect it to my "server" via ethernet to the. I'd use 
NXclient on that machine. I'd prefer this options since this "terminal" 
needn't be close to the server machine.

Would anybody be so kind to share his/her experience with these options 
or even suggest another one?

Many thanks,
Helmut.



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* Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] adding another "terminal"
  2011-12-20 11:04 [gentoo-user] [OT] adding another "terminal" Helmut Jarausch
@ 2011-12-22 15:12 ` Bill Longman
  2011-12-24 18:20   ` Érico Porto
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Bill Longman @ 2011-12-22 15:12 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

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On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 3:04 AM, Helmut Jarausch <
jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'd like to add another terminal to my machine (there is no need for a
> separate full blown work station).
>
> I see two possibilities:
>
> -  add another graphics card and attach a second screen, keyboard and
> mouse. I'd have to figure out how to tell X11 that configuration
>
> - built something like an X-terminal: a mini-pc (with a mini Gentoo
> system) and connect it to my "server" via ethernet to the. I'd use
> NXclient on that machine. I'd prefer this options since this "terminal"
> needn't be close to the server machine.
>
> Would anybody be so kind to share his/her experience with these options
> or even suggest another one?
>


I've been using a nice little D525 Atom box that uses XDMCP into my main
machine. That works well except that I've never cared to delve deep enough
into streaming the audio to the Atom. And it seems like some of the KDE
tools think that if you log into the machine, it's okay to assume that your
X session is all one common jungle of interconnections. I've seen dbus do
this, too.

If I use a lighter WM, it's not an issue. Mostly I use wmaker anyway on the
Atom but KDE standalone there works great.

One other way that I've played with on and off again for many years now is
with Xvnc. I have an old Axel thin client that does VNC/RDP and telnet and
things and it works quite well. I've just stood up wmaker in a VNC session
on my main box, point the Axel at it and, presto: X sessions through a
silent 10W tray. It's very usable at 100Mbps.

-- 
Bill Longman

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* Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] adding another "terminal"
  2011-12-22 15:12 ` Bill Longman
@ 2011-12-24 18:20   ` Érico Porto
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Érico Porto @ 2011-12-24 18:20 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

if you have a spare hp48 calculator, it has rs232, and you can add it
through serial to your system - not sure if this is what you want..

-- 
Érico V. Porto



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