Date: Fri, 20 Jan 95 18:39:20 MST From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: root@gilbertr.npt.nuwc.navy.mil (Charlie Root) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <9501210139.AA14008@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <199501201729.RAA00250@gilbertr.npt.nuwc.navy.mil> from "Charlie Root" at Jan 20, 95 05:29:46 pm
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> > subject: remote X-Windows > > Hi! > I have seen eXodus, Xodus, or whatever the name, software which > I believe allows the Apple Computers to launch Xwindows applications > and of course observe them remotely. What is required to do this > between two Unix machines (or more specifically FreeBSD to SUN) ? X running on "box1". Application to run on "box2" and display using "box1"'s display. On "box1" shell: box1% xhost +box2 On "box2" shell: box2% some_x_app -display box1:0.0 & Or if the app can't take '-display', if "box2" is running csh as shell: box2% setenv DISPLAY box1:0.0 box2% some_x_app & if "box2" is running sh or bash as shell: box2% DISPLAY=box1:0.0 box2% export DISPLAY box2% nohup some_x_app & More information is available from the O'Reilly X user's guide and the X System Administrator's guide. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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