Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:52:02 +0200 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up a central X server ... Message-ID: <20030427065202.5731a715.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20030426150705.P9976@hub.org> References: <20030426150705.P9976@hub.org>
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 15:18:51 -0300 (ADT)
"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> wrote:
MGF> Can someone point me at docs on how I can do this?
MGF>
MGF> basically, I have a rackmount server here that has 4Gig of RAM and
MGF> dual CPU ... I'd like to setup X on it such that my staff's
MGF> workstations run their apps off of that machine, instead of their
MGF> desktops ...
OK - so you want the X client libraries on your application server
and no X server running there (remember an X server is the display). Just
install X and don't set up a client.
MGF> I've found some docs on XDMCP, but they seem to revolve more around
MGF> being able to set it up for Xceed and such, not for going from/to
MGF> FreeBSD boxes...
Use xdm or xinit on the workstations as normal - and either run
the window manager from the big box viz:
exec rsh bigbox /usr/X11R6/bin/flwm &
Or run the window manager locally and populate the menus with
entrys that rsh (or ssh) to the big box.
You could get the big box to run the displays on the workstations
but I wouldn't reccommend it.
MGF> Now, the one thing I'm not sure whether would work or not is sound
MGF> ... if the X stuff is on a remote server, then the programs are
MGF> running over there, so is there a way of "connecting" back to the
MGF> client computer for their sound?
Look into NAS and rplay (both in the ports).
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