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If an XDMCP connection cannot be established between your PC and the remote host due to network configurations or a firewall, you will not be able to start a desktop environment such as CDE or GNOME/KDE using Xmanager. In these situations, you can start a UNIX/Linux desktop environment on your PC using Xstart by following the directions below.

• Commands for starting UNIX/Linux desktop environments
  

  Common Desktop Environment (CDE)	/usr/dt/bin/Xsession  (Set DISPLAY environment variable and run this command.)
  GNOME Environment	/usr/bin/gnome-session
  K Desktop Denvironment (KDE)	/usr/bin/startkde
  Xfce	/usr/bin/xfce4-session
  XDM	/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession (Unix) /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession (Linux)

  
  
  

• Starting a UNIX/Linux desktop environment from Xstart 

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1. Open Xstart.
2. Enter the necessary information.
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Advanced button to open the 'Advanced Options' dialog box.
4. In the X Server tab, select your desired Server Profile (Xconfig Profile).
   Among the default profiles, 'XDMCP sample' utilizes Single Window Mode, so we've selected that profile here. Click OK.
   
   
   
   
5. In your Xstart window, save your session then click Run.
   If you are using a multi-monitor environment, a 'Select Monitor' dialog box may appear. Select the appropriate monitor.
6. The following is a Gnome-session running in a single window.
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