From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 18 11:20:33 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 11:20:29 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c007.snv.cp.net (c007-h000.c007.snv.cp.net [209.228.33.206]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5736637B400 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:20:29 -0800 (PST) Received: (cpmta 27814 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2000 11:20:28 -0800 Received: from dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com (HELO zoso) (216.227.91.85) by smtp.telocity.com (209.228.33.206) with SMTP; 18 Dec 2000 11:20:28 -0800 X-Sent: 18 Dec 2000 19:20:28 GMT From: "Otter" To: "ktb" , Subject: RE: accessing remote X server Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:25:42 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-reply-to: <20001218131123.A19771@debian.local> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of ktb }Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 2:11 PM }To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: accessing remote X server } } } I've taken a look at the xterminal howto. It is a little more } involved than I really want to get into. I have just }installed } 4.2 on an old 486 and would like to use it to access }an X server } running on a debian machine I have. } } 1. Is there anyway I can just telnet or ssh into the }debian box } and run X applications on the freebsd box, using the debian } box's server? } You bet. http://www.defcon1.org/x11ssh.html } 2. Can I do this without running an X server on the }freebsd box? No. You'll need a GUI desktop on your local machine before trying to run x11 apps from a remote machine on there. Makes enough sense to me anyway. Good luck. -Otter } } This is my first attempt at freebsd. I've searched the list } archive but didn't come up with an answer. I've }looked through } some linux docs and freebsd docs. Any help would be }appreciated. } Thanks, } kent } }-- } "In order to make an apple pie from scratch, } you must first create the universe." } - Carl Sagan } } }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