using laptop as second monitor?

Mark Morschhäuser mark at tvk.rwth-aachen.de
Sun Mar 5 03:58:47 PST 2006


> I think you are looking for Xdmx. 
thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for. But I have some 
usage-issues...

> You may want to use something like : 
>
> Xdmx :2 +xinerama -fp "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" -display 192.168.0.1:0
> -display 192.168.0.2:0
I compiled it on my pc as described on the homepage (download, copy host.def, 
make).
But I have some problems to start xdmx:
My PC has the IP 10.33.33.2 and the monitor's location is right from the 
laptop with the IP 10.33.33.1.
X (KDE) is running on both machines, I'm logged in on both machines.

I'm using the following command on my PC:
./Xdmx :1 +xinerama -display 10.33.33.1:0 -display 10.33.33.2:0
(or ./Xdmx :1 +xinerama -display 10.33.33.1:0 -display :0, this works the same 
way)

I get the following output:
-----------------------------
_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/moon:1
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
(II) dmx: Generation:         1
(II) dmx: DMX version:        1.2.20040630 (DMX Project)
(II) dmx: DMX Build OS:       Linux 2.6.15-ck3 i686 [ELF] ()
(II) dmx: DMX Build Compiler: gcc 3.4.5
(II) dmx: DMX Execution OS:   Linux 2.6.15-ck3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Feb 6 
10:44:15 CET 2006
(II) dmx: DMX Execution Host: moon
(II) dmx: MAXSCREENS:         2
(II) dmx: Using configuration from command line
(II) dmx: Added 10.33.33.1:0 at 0 0
(II) dmx: Added 10.33.33.2:0 right of 10.33.33.1:0
(Fatal Error) dmx: dmxOpenDisplay: Unable to open display 10.33.33.1:0
-----------------------------
Some IPv6 warnings that can be ignored, I guess. (I don't use IPv6).
Then dmx successfully uses my PC's X but it cannot connect to the laptop.
Do I need to change the default X configuration on the laptop? The 
dmx-documentation doesn't seem to claim that; I cannot find information on 
the dmx-page for client-configuration.
Do I have to configure the laptop to accept network access or Do I have to 
configure it like a X-terminal that connects to my PC?
(I don't like the second idea)
btw: I disabled all firewall-rules on the laptop, so it must be some X-stuff 
that's wrong.


Thanks in advance,

Mark




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