Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 15:17:16 -0500 From: Jerry Kendall <jerry@border.com> To: Benjamin Tomhave <tomhavbe@martin.luther.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote X-windows Message-ID: <96Feb20.152128est.20482-2@janus.border.com> In-Reply-To: <199602201906.LAA27710@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Yes you can do what you ask...
Set the environment variable 'DISPLAY' to something like
setenv DISPLAY machine.domain.com:0.0
then run your netscape...
On Tue, 20 Feb 1996, Benjamin Tomhave wrote:
>
>
> Hello, all!
>
> This is a little bit of a strange question....
>
> Netscape 2.0 on an HP9000 supports Java. I would like to see what Java does. So,
> I thougt to myself, why not install Netscape on an HP9000 and then open Netscape
> onto my machine w/ X-Windows (my machine being the machine w/ FreeBSD 2.1). So,
> here's what I'm wondering: Is it possible for me to start Netscape from a diff.
> machine so that it opens the window on my machine? If so, what's the trick? I
> tried using rsh with an exec string after it to start an xterm, but that didn't
> work (probably because rlogin is disabled on the HP). But, assuming that I can
> use rsh (if necessary) to access the HP, is it possible, then, to run Netscape
> on the HP, but with the window being on my machine w/ FreeBSD?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> -ben
>
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