From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 09:32:36 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 564C5106564A for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:32:36 +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 EFDF28FC14 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:32:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1L35tk-0002Uh-2b for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:32:33 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.238]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1L35ti-000114-M1 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:32:27 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost.men.bris.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mAK9WQTQ051356 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:32:26 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mAK9WPj6051355 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:32:25 GMT (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: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:32:25 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081120093225.GA51329@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <006b01c949da$2985e9f0$7c91bdd0$@com> <20081119112554.R6005@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <200811191035.mAJAZc21042934@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <11167f520811191058m7e07c347u272dc9db0a15027d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <11167f520811191058m7e07c347u272dc9db0a15027d@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-Spam-Level: - 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: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:32:36 -0000 On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:58:40PM -0600, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > > X windows has client/server built into the protocol: you can run an X > > application on a machine that has no video card and display the result > > on another machine that has video facility and an X display (called an > > X server). > > Does anyone know of a tutorial or a how-to, I would like to try this out. Not sure if it is of help to you. I use XDMCP on the clients' side, and X -query xx.xx.xx.xx on the sever side. YOu need to be in the trusted network. Have a look at this thread: http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-questions@freebsd.org/index.html#194794 and at the xdm(1) man page. -- 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