From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 6 15:24:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ED7C1065676 for ; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:24:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0856B8FC16 for ; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:24:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from isis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.63]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KFW5y-00065s-Po; Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:24:12 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.238]) by isis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KFW5x-0007CD-Qr; Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:24:10 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost.men.bris.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m66FO8YY038635; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:24:08 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m66FO869038634; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:24:08 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:24:08 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Anders Trob??ck Message-ID: <20080706152408.GA38234@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20080706103842.GA52114@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <20080706141636.02d15667@baal.troback.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080706141636.02d15667@baal.troback.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-Spam-Level: - Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: minimum xorg install for clients side X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:24:13 -0000 On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 02:16:36PM +0200, Anders Trob??ck wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 11:38:42 +0100 > Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > I've a headless machine on which I'd like to run > > xorg clients, but no server. What ports do I need > > to install? xorg-apps? > > > > many thanks > > anton > > > > > > Not 100% sure what you are asking, but if you want to run, let's say > xterm, just install xterm! > > If you want to have a remote GUI logon with XDMCP install XDM, GDM or > KDM then you can start X with the -query parameter! > > If this wasn't what you where asking please ask again:-) sorry, I wasn't clear. I have 2 FBSD boxes: a server with no graphics card (S) and a laptop (L). I want to run X applications on S and see the results on L. The applications I run on S are typically xpdf, gs, xfig, display, firefox, etc. While I could install ports/xorg on both boxes, this is probably excessive. Since I won't run any xorg applications on L, I probably don't need xorg-apps on L. Likewise, since I'm not running xorg server on S, I probably don't need xorg-server on S. This is my basic understanding of xorg server-clients model. Is this logic correct? However, I'm not sure on what box (S, L or both) I need: xorg-libraries xorg-fonts xorg-drivers xorg-protos etc. many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423