From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 10 07:58:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA17348 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:58:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from spiv.fnal.gov (spiv.fnal.gov [131.225.124.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA17343 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:58:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neswold@spiv.fnal.gov) Received: from localhost (neswold@localhost) by spiv.fnal.gov (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA28947; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:58:38 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:58:38 -0500 (CDT) From: "Richard M. Neswold" Reply-To: neswold@fnal.gov To: "Jonathan E. Lyons" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re-directing X windows to a remote machine.. In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19971010060708.0076fce8@midwest.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Jonathan E. Lyons wrote: > Is there a FAQ that spells out how to re-direct a freebsd X windows > desktop to a remote win95/nt machine? [ snip ] > Btw is this even possible??!? Use 'xdm'. It will manage X sessions on local and remote machines. There is a file, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers, that tells 'xdm' which displays to control. If you comment out the local server and add your Win95 machine, xdm will control the Win95 box, only. Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richard Neswold, Accelerator Div./Controls Dept | neswold@fnal.gov Fermilab, PO Box 500, MS 347, Batavia, IL 60510 | voice (630) 840-3454 'finger neswold@aduxb.fnal.gov' for PGP key | fax (630) 840-3093