Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:55:18 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Kent <mark@noc.mainstreet.net> To: doc@wcug.wwu.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xwin32 Message-ID: <200003291755.JAA24418@noc.mainstreet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000329091523.20404A-100000@sloth> (message from David Daugherty on Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:20:49 -0800 (PST))
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== > setenv DISPLAY x.y.z.w:0.0 == > xterm == > == > where x.y.z.w is your win box IP address. == > If that doesn't work then make sure you are == > actually running xwin32 on the win box... >> I'm not exactly sure what this does other then storing the remote IP into >> a var DISPLAY. X applications need to know where to display, and (in csh at least, sorry for the shell-specific notation) the "setenv DISPLAY x.y.z.w:0.0" sets up a variable that X applications look at to determine where to display. >> What's happening is X is starting on the server, I can see it running >> under top. Server? top? Sounds like you are running the X server on the freeBSD box. There is no need for this, nor would it affect the xwin32 on the windows box. You want to run an X application on a freeBSD box and display it on a windows box, right? >> Nothing ever shows up in xwin. And, I keep having to reboot because I'm >> not sure what to kill to stop X in my ssh window. ssh? The fact that xwin32 doesn't work for you but it works for others is a mystery to you, so start to strip things away. Drop ssh, open up telnet, forget about running the X server on the freebsd box. Treat the freeBSD box as a server snd sit in front of the windows box, start Xwin32 on the windows box. Start a telnet window and telnet into the freebsd box and do: csh setenv DISPLAY x.y.z.w:0.0 xterm where x.y.z.w is your win box IP address. This is a basic test and once it works you can then try to get it working the way you really want it to work. However, the fact that you are using ssh makes me believe that you might have something (firewall, router with packet filters) between the windows box and the freebsd box. Do you? -mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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