Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:12:14 -0500 (EST) From: <doug@safeport.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Displaying X in Windows platform Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103311008450.45447-100000@pemaquid.safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <15045.25512.354839.673635@guru.mired.org>
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mea culpa Nah just telnet; I realized that was not the intent of the question after I sent the post. On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com> types: > > There is also a free windows based solution compriable to this. CMU has a > > free package called NiftyTelnet. It supports Kerberos v.4 and there is an > > add-on to support ssh. > > Do either NiftyTelnet or those Windows based solutions let you display > X applications on a Windows box? > > <mike > > > On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > > > Raymond Law <rlaw@vt.edu> types: > > > > I know I can use xhost to display the GUI on a local machine from a > > > > remote machine. But how can I display X on a windoz box? > > > > > > Others have mentioned installing a X server on Windows, and I don't > > > know of any non-commercial solution. > > > > > > A second alternative is to install a vnc server on your Unix system > > > (it's in the ports), and the viewer on Windows. This gives you an X > > > session in a window on the Windows box, which may be sufficient, and > > > both are free. > > > > > > For the truly perverse, you can also install the viewer on a Palm. > > > > > > <mike > > > -- > > > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > > > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > _____ Douglas Denault doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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