Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 10:20:27 +1100 (EST) From: Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au> To: Benjamin Tomhave <tomhavbe@martin.luther.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Remote X-windows Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960229095226.1553A-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199602201906.LAA27710@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Benjamin, Telnet to the host and enter the commands :- >export DIPLAY=client.domain.name:0.0 >netscape& Where client.domain.name is the machine you want to display the application on, and host is the machine you want to run it on. Anthony Hill ahill@connect.com.au 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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