🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi NG gurus:

I have recently installed Mdk 9.0 - and after struggling for days with
Networking/Internet Connection Sharing, I now have a simple LAN. Tux is
the gateway, with Chicken and Tyson enjoying internet access - even if
they cant talk to each other. But that isnt the problem confounding me.

So far, it has been a steep learning curve and has proved to be a
worthwhile distraction and thrilling/distressing by degrees.

Goal - Part one:

to run Gkrellm on Tux, at the graphical login screen, alongside the
login/welcome box - without running a window manager, such as kde/gnome.

Part two of the problem:

Once tux has been setup to display gkrellm, then I want tux's gkrellm to be displayed
on Chicken and Tyson so that the users can see what is happening on Tux.

Is this possible?

I have ammended the xinitrc file for tux thusly:

if [ "`whoami`" != root ]; then
    xsetroot -solid "#21449C"
fi

exec gkrellm &
exec /etc/X11/Xsession $*

This doesnt display gkrellm =8^( and makes me quite morose. Neither the
GDM or KDM programs have any option to start a program at x-start time. Or,
should I be trying xdm? which ?dm can handle this sort of configuration?

I have tried to install gkrellm-2.1.0.tar.bz2. I cant get it to run on
tux. ark is not really like winzip ... and I dont know how to install the
software.

Also, there is no result when I use Mandrake Update and I search the
sources for Gkrellm 2. Install new software doesnt install the file
gkrellm-2.1.0.tar.bz2 for me either. I tried the RedHat8.0 rpm file ... no go
here either ... I think this is because Gtk2 and some other files are not
present in Mdk9.0.

So now my little project has stalled. To make matters worse, Chicken has
clapped out and needs to go see the PC doctor! No WarCraft3 ... ugh! =8^(

If you could put your thinking caps on and give me some pointers as to how
I can successfully display Gkrellm at tux's graphical login screen and to
then display tux's gkrellm on Tyson (at least until Chicken feels better)
I would be very grateful!!!

I have trawled the Mandrake Users forum, NG's and google ... but havent
been able to figure this one out. i am begining to think the information
just isnt out there ... maybe its impossible to do what I want. N E way,
these are just some of the avenues of research I have undertaken which has
left me at this impasse.

Its difficult for me to beleive that I am the *only* person who wants to
monitor the gateway machine from another desktop using gkrellm.

Please excuse my naivety but I have very little experience with linux.
kate seems to be much more friendlier then either vi or emacs ... I wanted
to try pico but it isnt on the Mdk install cd's.

N E way, enough rambling ...

TIA for N E suggestions you may have to solve this dilemna. I hope you can
help =8^)

-- 
=8^) antho (^8=

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
Carl Sagan (1934-1996)