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On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 15:36 +0000, peter wrote: > Hi Simon > > I have Ubuntu on most of my stuff, and Debian on the host. I get to my > Ubuntu Log in screen, select options, select remote log in via DMCP. My > terminal flashes, then shows a list of hosts. (If they are switched on). > Click on host (the debian machine) terminal flashes, but instead of > being in my blue Debian terminal, I am back in my Ubuntu one. > > I just do not know what I have done to break it! > > I have found that "stuff" on my Debian machine runs faster remotely on > my older machines than running it on the machine, if you see what I > mean. > > Thanks for the interest > > Peter Hi Peter, It may be that an update on the Debian machine has reverted some remote X login feature back to its "default"... ie off. It might be worth sshing into the Debian box and running the X login config tool (gdmsetup?). Don't forget to use the -X switch on ssh so you can run GUI apps from the remote machine on the local one. Good luck. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html