So you must be looking at a bootloader (LILO, GRUB, System Commander,
     ChOS,  NT's  "Boot Manager" or something else. So, figure out which
     bootloader you're trying to use. You could also try booting from a rescue
     disk like Knoppix, Tom's Root/Boot, the LNX-BBC or whatever and using that
     to install a different boot loader like LILO.

     It sounds like you'll need help with that, too. Without more details about
     which distribution you installed, the order in which you installed Linux
     and Win2K etc. (Hint: install Microsoft products first, then let Linux
     work around their settings).
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Xserver spits multiple windows to foreign Xclient

   Michiel Leegwater ([53]mleegwt from conceptsfa.nl)
   Answered By Kapil Hari Paranjape, Chris Gianakopoulos

   Hi everyone, 

   Multiple people using the same machine configuration and it's programs is a
   wonderfull thing. Especially when the other people want to be at their own
   machine and not install linux on their machine. There Exceed starts to be
   very effective. So far so good. 

   Now the problem. I updated my pc from Mandrake 8 to 9.1(standard kernel). I
   had XDCMP Xclients working on MDK 8 before. That worked perfectly. Now I
   have  xdm partially configured and I am able to login at the remote PC
   graphically,  but  then  the  server seems to be giving the client one
   screen/window for the desktop, one for each program and so on. I used to
   get one integrated thing completely filling the client PC's physical screen
   as if using Linux in stead of Windows with Exceed. 

   Anyone  knowing  what I have to change(or where to look) to get things
   identical to the "local" behaviour? 

   Does anyone know some place to find some good backgrounds on Xserver, Xfs
   and X in general? 

   Thanks for your time, 

   Michiel Leegwater 

     [Kapil] Let A be the client program (the "Xserver" which can be full
     screen or smaller) which in your case is Exceed.

     Let B be the server system with which A is communicating which in your
     case is a GNU/Linux Mandrake machine.

     B  makes  requests  to A to create and destroy Xobjects; the actual
     placement, rendering and so on of these objects is a matter for A to
     decide.

     So I do not think the problem you have given has to do with the Mandrake
     Server (B). Instead look at the configuration of the Exceed software (A).

     Also have a look at the XWindow-Overview-HOWTO.

     [54]http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XWindow-Overview-HOWTO/index.html--Thomas
     Adam

   The very strange thing is I never changed the config of B. And after I did
   now the situation did not much improve(no improvement actually). Any more
   hints? 

   Because there's more than just xdm I also tried gdm, kdm and kde (editing
   /etc/sysconfig/desktop) Turning to kde or kdm has a strange extra effect
   logged in /var/log/messages: 
Aug 11 19:46:10 obelix mdkkdm[8558]: Greeter exited unexpectedly
Aug 11 19:46:10 obelix mdkkdm[8558]: Abnormal helper termination, code 1,
signal 0
Aug 11 19:46:34 obelix mdkkdm[8567]: Greeter exited unexpectedly
Aug 11 19:46:34 obelix mdkkdm[8567]: Abnormal helper termination, code 0,
signal 11

   Does anyone know why this happens?? 

     [Chris] It's been a while. I used Exceed Version 7 for grins. If I recall,
     in the configuration options (I think it was screen), I had a choice
     between multiple windows or a single window. With multiple windows, you
     get the wonderful Microsoft background with a new window popping up with
     each application. With the single window choice, you see what you would if
     you were running X on the Linux machine.

     For example, I set up Exceed to run in passive mode listening on port
     6000. I then telnet into the Linux machine, set my DISPLAY name to refer
     to  the  appropriate  host  with  window  0  (for  example  "export
     DISPLAY=nitro:0"), and might (from the telnet session) type "icewm &".

     That's the way I do it. Hmmm.

     I'm guessing that you might wanna see the graphical login, so, I am hoping
     that all you have to do is the single window selection thing, and things
     will work. I hope.

     Regards,
     Chris Gianakopoulos
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