Using KDE from a remote X-server

[Wombat]

Due to the inconvenience of rushing around the back of my desk to move cables, I've acquired an X-server for Windoze and I'm using it to run a KDE.

The underlying platform is Mandrake 7.2

Being fairly wet behind the ears WRT unix I found it something of a challenge to get even this far, however I have figured out that Mandrake uses xinetd rather than inetd and I've got telnet going, from which I can

export DISPLAY=192.168.0.1:0
xterm

and having got hold of an xterm I can

startkde

which sort of works. However, I get loads of unsettling messages (included at the end of this posting) and KDE does not seem to let go of my X-server.

Can anyone advise me on how one *should* use KDE remotely?

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unsettling messages at startup
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File /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/linux-mandrake/PP1-1016.png does not exist or is not readable
File /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/linux-mandrake/PP2-1016.png does not exist or is not readable
File /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/linux-mandrake/PP3-1016.png does not exist or is not readable
File /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/linux-mandrake/PP4-1016.png does not exist or is not readable
File /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/linux-mandrake/PP5-1016.png does not exist or is not readable
File /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/linux-mandrake/PP6-1016.png does not exist or is not readable
File /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/linux-mandrake/PP7-1016.png does not exist or is not readable
Could not dlopen library artsd.la: file not found
Could not load library! Trying exec....
Launched ok, pid = 6545
KLauncher doing clientStarted(`kmixctrl')
Server has no DPMS extension
KLauncher doing clientStarted(`kxmlrpcd')
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such device)
KLauncher doing clientStarted(`kio_file')
QSocketNotifier: Multiple socket notifiers for same socket 6 and type read
KLauncher doing clientStarted(`kwin')
KLauncher doing clientStarted(`kio_uiserver')
KLauncher doing clientStarted(`konqueror')
sh: /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup.wav: Permission denied
KLauncher doing clientStarted(`kio_file')
KLauncher doing clientStarted(`kfmclient')
KLauncher doing clientStarted(`konqueror')

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unsettling messages at shutdown
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KDE detected X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
Major opcode: 42
KDE detected X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
Major opcode: 42
KDE detected X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
Major opcode: 14
sh: /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Logout.wav: Permission denied
KDE detected X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
Major opcode: 14
KDE detected X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
Major opcode: 14

[mdwatts]

Don't know if this will help.

export DISPLAY=192.168.0.1:1

Try using a display of 1 instead of 0.

Also you might want to look into using VNC. Should be just what you need.

http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/