From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 3 02:21:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA25311 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 02:21:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA25305 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 02:21:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 2.05 #1) id 0zlVsm-00052O-00; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:21:12 +0200 Message-ID: <19981203122112.A19354@cityip.co.za> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:21:12 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: Jean-Marc Beaudoin , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About X-Windows client References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Jean-Marc Beaudoin on Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 01:13:39PM +0000 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Jean-Marc, On Wed, 02 Dec 1998 at 13:13 SAST, Jean-Marc Beaudoin wrote: > > I have 2 FreeBSD machines running now. Great stuff. > For convenience I would like to have X-Windows access to them from a > Windows 95 or NT machine. I work like that all the time. > Question 1: Do you known a godd client software to do this under > Windows 95 or NT? Just a little note: You have things the wrong way round. What you need is an X _server_ for Windows. It's a common misconception, though. :-) Besides MI/X (which I've seen mentioned) there are quite a few commercial options. Of the ones I've evaluated, by far the most comprehensive is Hummingbird's Exceed (http://www.hummingbird.com/). Costs $$$$, though. > Question 2: Besides having XF86 installed on the FreeBSD 2.2.6 > boxes, what else do I have to set up?? Shouldn't have to do anything. -- V Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message