From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 15 01:05:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA11229 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 01:05:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA11223 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 01:05:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id RAA20665; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:35:22 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980715173522.G15083@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:35:22 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: "Numard (Norberto Meijome)" Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: What do i need to use X remotely? References: <35AC5102.D86FAB53@smartmedia.com.ar> <19980715171856.F15083@freebie.lemis.com> <35AC609C.50E8BF39@smartmedia.com.ar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <35AC609C.50E8BF39@smartmedia.com.ar>; from Numard (Norberto Meijome) on Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 05:56:12PM +1000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wednesday, 15 July 1998 at 17:56:12 +1000, Numard (Norberto Meijome) wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> >>> Will it be fast over a 33.600 line (on my side, the other end has lots >>> of bandwith). >> >> No. > > :))) that's what i thought! > >>> Also, what libs do i have to install on the freebsd side? >> >> They should already be installed. You need the X clients. > > you mean, every prog. i plan to use? I don't know what programs you paln to use. What I meant was that if you have a program like, say, Emacs, which interfaces directly with X, you may find that more useful than an xterm, which doesn't give you significant advantages over telnet. >> I've just tried this in reverse, and I discover that the performance >> is acceptable, but significantly slower than telnet. In particular, >> things like iconifying windows, covering them and then uncovering >> them, cause a significant amount of traffic. > > can't i just get 1 app?? i mean, start my X server in linux, telnet to > freebsd (or maybe rsh? ssl-rsh?) issue the command to execute xemacs or > other prog. and display it on my server? Sure, that's exactly what I mean. >> I think I wouldn't bother doing this for xterm, but it might be >> interesting for real X applications. > > yup, i'd stick to telnet and old trusty FTP :) You can't edit with either of those :-) Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message