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Date:      Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:46:44 +0200
From:      Mirror Beastie <rudi@askas.co.za>
To:        Andrzej Szydlo <andrzej@freebsd.org.pl>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: multiple networked X sessions
Message-ID:  <36BEA474.AFEEB731@askas.co.za>
References:  <36BAE2AE.25DDDEA7@askas.co.za> <19990205194432.D28298@gv.edu.pl>

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Andrzej Szydlo wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 02:23:12PM +0200, Mirror Beastie wrote:
> > hi
> >
> > this is a question about doing something in X under freebsd so probably should
> > not be asked here but i don't know where else to ask it ... and anyway most of
> > you will probably be able to answer it anyway - so sorry for the post and here
> > goes ...
> >
> > how do i, from a single freebsd machine, bring up displays of other freebsd
> > machines on the network - not just running apps on them but actual login
> > screens etc ... like VNC or winX from the land of windoze...
> >
> > If possible i would like to integrate them into my fvwm2 pager so that each
> > page is a XDM style login for a different reachable host, maybe running
> > different window managers .... is this even possible ?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not sure what you exactly mean because I don't know VNC and winX, but
> probably you want this:
> 
> 1. Start X on your FreeBSD box.
> 2. Allow acces from the desired hosts to your x server on the FreeBSD
>         "xhost + the_other_hostname_or_ip"
> 3. Tell an X application on the other host to use your X server
>         "export DISPLAY=your_freebsd_box:0"
> 4. Start the application on the other host.

Ok - this i already know - this is just standard x stuff where you see the
visual component of an application running elsewhere - what i want is
something a little different - from my X Window Manager I want to launch a
"window" that contains the entire window manager on another X enabled host. 
For example i have 2 FBSD boxes, bith running X.  On box 1 I start X then I
start another application / process that gives me my X display under box 2 -
not just an application - the whole thing... kinda like a vistual telnet...
snip...

> Is winX an X server for windows?
Yes
> 
> Andrzej

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