Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 22:34:19 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1018755260.17a7ca@mired.org> To: John Mills <john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu> Cc: Walter Hop <walter@binity.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [ot] good Xserver for Windows 2000? Message-ID: <15538.24891.775554.825548@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204081228310.2098-100000@otter.mills-atl.com> References: <20020408170541.B34172-100000@small.pukruppa.de> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204081228310.2098-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>
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In <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204081228310.2098-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>, John Mills <jmmills@telocity.com> typed: > Hello - > On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Walter Hop wrote: > > I'm looking for a good X server (possibly commercial) to display X > > applications from my FreeBSD box on a Windows 2000 terminal. > > Who has used/can recommend a good X server? > I am setting up some Linux hosts which will be used by developers from > their MsWin desktops. I am recommending they try VNC > ([http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc]) for logins. > > To my understanding, MsWin users run a VNC _client_ to their Unix account, > where they have previously started the server (_and_ the window manager). > The server exports an X-Window System $DISPLAY, against which the user has > assigned a password. I expect you can start a number of such servers from > init (one per user, to predefined values of $DISPLAY), but I haven't tried > it. That all sounds right. Getting the servers started might be interesting in this case, but I haven't tried it so can't offer advice. > The user's config file offers 'twm' and 'mwm' as window-manager options, > the default being 'twm'. I suppose others could be used - 'fvwm' comes to > mind - but I haven't tried this, either. Vncserver uses ~/.vnc/xstartup like .xinitrc, so you can start any wm you want in it. For performance reasons, I'd recommend a monochrome backdrop instead of a picture. > The VNC server and client are included in the RH-7.2 installation - I'm > too green at FreeBSD to know if it has a port, or where. Yes it's a port in net/vnc, or alternatively net/tightvnc if you expect to use it on slow connections. If you want commercial support, try net/trividavnc. There's also a gnome client in the ports tree. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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