From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 15 14:44:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA21167 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 14:44:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cyclone.degnet.baynet.de (www.degnet.baynet.de [194.95.214.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA21081 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 14:43:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from malte@webmore.com) Received: from neuron.webmore.com (unverified [194.95.214.184]) by cyclone.degnet.baynet.de (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.83) with SMTP id ; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 23:44:48 +0200 Received: (from malte@webmore.com) by neuron.webmore.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA00996; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:13:09 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19980715171856.F15083@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:13:09 +0200 (CEST) Reply-To: malte@webmore.com From: Malte Lance To: Greg Lehey Subject: Re: What do i need to use X remotely? Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Numard (Norberto Meijome) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 15-Jul-98 Greg Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 15 July 1998 at 16:49:38 +1000, Numard (Norberto Meijome) > wrote: >> HI! >> i have a FreeBSD server in USA, and since i'm in Sydney,i've to telnet >> into it all the time :). >> I'm also using Linux here, so i was thinking how could i export the >> DISPLAY to my Linux (from X-progs. in FreeBSD, such as X-emacs,etc). >> Will it be fast over a 33.600 line (on my side, the other end has lots >> of bandwith). > > No. Have a look at "man lbxproxy". Malte. > >> Also, what libs do i have to install on the freebsd side? > > They should already be installed. You need the X clients. > > I've just tried this in reverse, and I discover that the performance > is acceptable, but significantly slower than telnet. In particular, > things like iconifying windows, covering them and then uncovering > them, cause a significant amount of traffic. > > I think I wouldn't bother doing this for xterm, but it might be > interesting for real X applications. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Malte Lance Date: 15-Jul-98 Time: 12:11:52 ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message