Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 21:58:29 +0200 (SAT) From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: richard@cube3.erinet.com (Richard Stanaford) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I am at a loss... Message-ID: <E0yFlSP-0000xu-00@ns.cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980319140315.4796C-100000@cube3.erinet.com> from Richard Stanaford at "Mar 19, 98 02:11:45 pm"
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Richard Stanaford wrote: > > The question dealt with the possibility of running X-Windows over > an Internet connection. I believe the jist of the solutions was to grab a > client program that can be run on, say, a Win95 box, and used to connect > to a remote X server. Did I dream that or just misunderstand? :-) I No, that's quite correct, though you might have some of the details a wee bit muddled... ;-) What you're looking for is an X _server_ that runs under win32. X-based applications (xterm, netscape, whatever...) are the clients. An X client relies on an X server to display its output in a neat little window, and it really doesn't care all that much whether the X server is sitting on the same host, or on a machine on another continent. That's the nature of the X beast. There's a free X server for win32 out there called MI/X. I'm not sure where to find it, but it's out there on the Web somewhere. There are several commercial offerings as well, e.g. Exceed (http://www.hummingbird.com/). -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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