Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 21:21:01 -0500 From: Ken Jackson <ken22@bcpl.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: x question Message-ID: <15856.2445.454356.349111@abitl.local> In-Reply-To: <20021206020322.GA94749@adelaide.edu.au> References: <20021206015330.65406.qmail@web11804.mail.yahoo.com> <20021206020322.GA94749@adelaide.edu.au>
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Check out Cygwin: <http://xfree86.cygwin.com>; It's free. Cygwin/XFree86 is a port of XFree86 to the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. ... Cygwin/XFree86 consists of an X Server, Xlib, and nearly all of the standard X clients, such as xterm, xhost, xdpyinfo, xclock, and xeyes. -Ken Jackson Tim Peters writes: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:53:30PM -0800, Hugo Saro wrote: > > Is it possible to 'startx' and view the graphical > > environment from a windows workstation connected to a > > freebsd box? if yes, how? > > Not directly; when you run startx it will run an X server on the > freebsd box and that will only display stuff on a directly connected > monitor.. > > What you need to do is run an X server on the windows machine, then > set the DISPLAY environment variable on the freebsd box to something > like "windowsbox:0.0" (or tunnel it through ssh). The only x server > for windows I know of is eXcursion, but there may be others. > > HTH, > > -tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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