Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 10:00:07 -0700 From: "Corey Snow" <corey@snowpoint.com> To: "Brian J. McGovern" <bmcgover@cisco.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: X Windows question Message-ID: <3D2AB427.31639.75C5DA2@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200207091434.g69EYCEr085925@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com>
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On 9 Jul 2002, at 10:34, Brian J. McGovern wrote: > > I have a FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE box, with which I'd like to tinker with > > X. However, I don't want to use the box itself for viewing, but a > > Windows X Server (Cygwin with XFree86). > > > > Do I have to install the entire XFree system, or can I just install > > an X window manager and be done with it? I'm not sure how to get > > started. If I just wanted to use the FreeBSD box itself for display > > as well as running programs, this would be easy. > > > > Thanks for any assistance, > > > > Corey Snow > > On the FreeBSD side, it should be as easy as setting DISPLAY to the Windows > box, and then running the application. > > On the windows side, you may need some extra effort to set up authentication > and the like. I think, overall, it took me about 40 seconds to get things > working, but I have a decade of experience using X, and know what all the > errors mean. > I should have been more clear- I can accomplish this much, or I did after some experimentation. I'm familiar with this much about X and have used it in several other environments. In this case, however, I'd like to have my FreeBSD box not run the X server at all, but only run the X clients and the window manager, using my Cygwin install as an X server, which I have working already. I'd like to use XDMCP to access the FreeBSD machine, get a login prompt and start using a Gnome desktop (or maybe KDE, I don't know which one I prefer). Thanks for your answer, Corey Snow To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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