From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 3 06:23:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA13395 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 06:23:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bytor.rush.net (bytor.rush.net [209.45.245.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA13390 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 06:23:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lynch@rush.net) Received: from localhost (lynch@localhost) by bytor.rush.net (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA19449; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 09:22:59 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lynch@rush.net) Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 09:22:59 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Lynch To: Patrick Gardella cc: Jean-Marc Beaudoin , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: About X-Windows client In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG HUmmingbird and the like used to do it with rsh/rlogin. -P ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Patrick Gardella wrote: > I've not seen a script such as that. I would think that if Microimages knew of > one, they would ship it with MI/X. But others may know how to do it. I try to > avoid the windows world as much as possible. :) > > Patrick > > > On 02-Dec-98 Jean-Marc Beaudoin wrote: > > Thank you, > > > > MIX works fine.... > > > > Last question: Is there a way I can remotely do the setenv DISPLAY along > > with the xterm command without having to log in the FreeBSD box? > > > > That is using a script like file that would do the automatic execution of > > the telnet login, setenv & start xterm. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Patrick Gardella wrote: > > > >> > >> On 02-Dec-98 Jean-Marc Beaudoin wrote: > >> > I have 2 FreeBSD machines running now. > >> > > >> > For convenience I would like to have X-Windows access to them from a > >> > Windows 95 or NT machine. > >> > > >> > Question 1: Do you known a godd client software to do this under > >> > Windows 95 or NT? > >> > >> One of the only free ones I'm aware of is MI/X which can be found at: > >> http://www.microimages.com/freestuf/mix/ > >> > >> I've used it, and it's pretty good. I couldn't get some window managers to > >> work, but I didn't try very hard. ;) > >> > >> For a commercial one, see the XFree86 FAQ on http://www.xfree86.org > >> > >> > Question 2: Besides having XF86 installed on the FreeBSD 2.2.6 > >> > boxes, what else do I have to set up?? > >> > >> Should work for you without any other setup. > >> > >> --- > >> Patrick S. Gardella Director of Web Development > >> The Creative Group 1-800-804-0783 ext 29 606-858-8029 (fax) > >> http://www.cre8tivegroup.com PGP Key ID 0xEE2D47A9 > >> > > --- > Patrick S. Gardella Director of Web Development > The Creative Group 1-800-804-0783 ext 29 606-858-8029 (fax) > http://www.cre8tivegroup.com PGP Key ID 0xEE2D47A9 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message