Remote x displays work best on lans, for anything over wan, I would use tightvnc www.tightvnc.org. I use both on several servers, and have tightvnc setup in xinetd, and several ports for different displays (1024x768, 800x600, 8 bit, and 16 bit). -Bill On Tue, 2002-09-24 at 13:57, Jason Clinton wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I know it can be done... > > I would like to be able to log in to my linux box at home graphically. > > I already have SSH working and GDM is installed. I saw XDMCP in the GDM control > panel. What is that? It said some stuff about accepting remote connections. It's > turned off right now for security. > > What about security... is the connection encrypted. > > What sort of performance can I expect from across down over DSL? > > Anyone done this? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE9kLWTtSqjk42zvwkRAubDAJ46TZ0VYzZvqbUxikL1bDrg38t3hwCggXlR > 3j1HXppZD9+P5lQERYJTUUw= > =I8Dg > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >