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Subject: Re: Displaying X in Windows platform
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 08:50:37 +1000
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There doesn't appear to be any documentation on configuring remote X
installations, at least nowhere I've
looked to date. I've ordered the System Administrator book but it hasn't
turned up yet .... is that issue covered therein ??


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>
To: "S.W.Liu" <swliu@ns.ciac.jl.cn>
Cc: "Raymond Law" <rlaw@vt.edu>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 4:14 AM
Subject: Re: Displaying X in Windows platform


> Hi raymond - I think you might want to read this response that came to
> me, not -questions.
>
> <mike
>
> S.W.Liu <swliu@ns.ciac.jl.cn> types:
> > You can download x-win511.exe. It run on MS Windows, after you install
it, you can follow the wizard to setup.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>
> > To: "Raymond Law" <rlaw@vt.edu>
> > Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 9:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: Displaying X in Windows platform
> >
> >
> > > 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/
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