Re: XDMCP Client which runs under the desktop?

["Mike A. Harris" <mharris mharris ca>]

Styma, Robert E (Robert) wrote:
> I have been looking around without much luck for
> an XDMCP client which can run as a window under another
> X server.
>
> As an example of what I am looking for, consider the Windows
> program Exceed, by Hummingbird.  I can bring up an Exceed
> X server sesson and tell it to act as an XDMCP client.  I can
> then point it at a Fedora (or other Unix) server with XDMCP
> turned on and can get a window with the desktop from the
> Fedora server.  I can have serveral of these windows available
> at one time.
>
> I suppose you could say I am running an X server using a window
> as the display screen.
>
> Has anyone seen software which supports this functionality on Fedora?
> An RPM is of course preferable, but compile and install is OK too.

Both Xnest and Xephyr are nested X servers (they are both an X server,
and an X client) and do exactly what it appears you're looking for.
They are both included with Fedora Core, just install them and
read the documentation, it's pretty simple to set up.