From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 5 18: 3:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211BE37B401 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 18:03:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from bloodwood.adelaide.edu.au (bloodwood.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.43.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA9DD43EBE for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 18:03:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tpeter01@redtail.its.adelaide.edu.au) Received: from redtail.its.adelaide.edu.au ([129.127.55.134]) by bloodwood.adelaide.edu.au (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H6ODQ000.7PI; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:33:36 +1030 Received: from redtail.its.adelaide.edu.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by redtail.its.adelaide.edu.au (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB623NFj094786; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:33:23 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from tpeter01@redtail.its.adelaide.edu.au) Received: (from tpeter01@localhost) by redtail.its.adelaide.edu.au (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gB623NJc094785; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:33:23 +1030 (CST) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:33:22 +1030 From: Tim Peters To: Hugo Saro Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x question Message-ID: <20021206020322.GA94749@adelaide.edu.au> References: <20021206015330.65406.qmail@web11804.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021206015330.65406.qmail@web11804.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:53:30PM -0800, Hugo Saro wrote: > Is it possible to 'startx' and view the graphical > environment from a windows workstation connected to a > freebsd box? if yes, how? Not directly; when you run startx it will run an X server on the freebsd box and that will only display stuff on a directly connected monitor.. What you need to do is run an X server on the windows machine, then set the DISPLAY environment variable on the freebsd box to something like "windowsbox:0.0" (or tunnel it through ssh). The only x server for windows I know of is eXcursion, but there may be others. HTH, -tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message