From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 01:14:47 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 0992E1065670 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:14:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ghartl@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6A5A8FC0A for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:14:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ghartl@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so1357504ywe.13 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:14:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:references :in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:thread-index:content-language; bh=dMaWKe7Zda8gt3unDGwSHs48QLInwDc7UipkRiKtayk=; b=csjld708Mub7rTM5ttTAI8sja9otz8FFCBLTsGR4lrlnvDMKRkQu1aAxmhjkLJkCIZ h/e4mhxXDpO51A5BozoS5bll4nQ2+PYmP3HNuQPoQr8TpRsGcIZ51HFUkPpAJBdo14bd PgOLXgrXwRtUWNcg6rS1mvMMW480LlJRE17VE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:references:in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:thread-index :content-language; b=efaMW12Wbla0kR3KVbgEd/Z8HOnXJs92//lFFtjo0bEh/Ym4Omm+id3zpnIJugiqXT Cfw+wjq47g/poYe1Day8kIZM6L9ISXlhjF5T7k61EOnKcH+sLg4H9PUvVqUt5aCT/JbH BgJfwQTz2gVonVvVKaycwfB3R8oPw5VI6KdrU= Received: by 10.65.215.14 with SMTP id s14mr587236qbq.5.1227057285574; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:14:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from mainpc (d226-16-220.home.cgocable.net [24.226.16.220]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p27sm9922956qbp.16.2008.11.18.17.14.44 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:14:45 -0800 (PST) From: "Gary Hartl" To: , References: <006b01c949da$2985e9f0$7c91bdd0$@com> <20081119001952.GA28809@ayn.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <20081119001952.GA28809@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:14:44 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c949e4$35403020$9fc09060$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AclJ3J4MNVv4vDoMSo25P0GXd0EBHAABstyA Content-Language: en-ca Cc: Subject: RE: Running X without a videocard 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: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:14:47 -0000 Whoa this is way beyond me I think...can you direct me to a howto or the like. X11 over SSH good lord....i'm out of touch with *NIX.. Am i to understand that i could run a pretty nice (not gnome or kde) but one of the less intense interfaces over ssh (this is on an internal network so connection speed isn't an issue. 6 years, and I have admin alzheimers' Thanks Gary -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Bill Campbell Sent: November-18-08 7:20 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running X without a videocard On Tue, Nov 18, 2008, Gary Hartl wrote: >Hi all; > >More questions... > >I am running FBSD-stable 6.0 on some Sun Netra X1's so it is sparc64. >There is no video card on these puppies. But I seem to recall that we ran >solaris X using WinAXE or VNC or something like that > >I'm wondering if it is possible to do the same with FBSD. You should be able to run X clients on the remote machine easily via ssh. There's no requirement for video cards, only that the appropriate X11 software be installed on the remote system. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. -- Herbert Hoover _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"