Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:33:14 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Displaying X in Windows platform Message-ID: <15047.37002.241167.451345@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <54199209@toto.iv>
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Doug Young <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> types: > There doesn't appear to be any documentation on configuring remote X > installations, at least nowhere I've > looked to date. I've ordered the System Administrator book but it hasn't > turned up yet .... is that issue covered therein ?? X is just like any other port - it's documented by the people who provided it. In this case, the X man page covers it in the section labelled "DISPLAY NAMES". For most uses, simply set the environment variable DISPLAY to "remotehost:0.0", or start the application with "-display remotehost:0.0". If the application is a terminal emulator, it should set the DISPLAY variable for other applications you launch from it. <mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> > To: "S.W.Liu" <swliu@ns.ciac.jl.cn> > Cc: "Raymond Law" <rlaw@vt.edu>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 4:14 AM > Subject: Re: Displaying X in Windows platform > > > > 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 > > > > > 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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