Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 12:14:39 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "S.W.Liu" <swliu@ns.ciac.jl.cn> Cc: "Raymond Law" <rlaw@vt.edu>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Displaying X in Windows platform Message-ID: <15046.7823.638282.579928@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <001401c0b9c8$4a712260$0100a8c0@y122> References: <15044.34500.749551.948609@guru.mired.org> <001401c0b9c8$4a712260$0100a8c0@y122>
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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/ > > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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