Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 15:40:04 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@ns1.thought.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: emachine's cheap sound config... Message-ID: <20010719154004.A45174@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <15190.36174.480460.404173@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 02:33:34AM -0500 References: <53908674@toto.iv> <15190.33189.436956.629617@guru.mired.org> <20010719001351.A42638@tao.thought.org> <15190.36174.480460.404173@guru.mired.org>
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 02:33:34AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> types: [[ ... ]] > > You don't need an X driver for that. You don't even need the X client > software for that. Put it on the network, and just log in from > multiple xterms on a workstation. Or multiple puttys, if that's the > client you're using. This was a concern yesterday: whether I could get the new box networked--as fubar.thought.org, or whatever. My ISP alloted me 4 IP's, though, and I discovered that by using a separate IP, ``fubar'' was on the net, going thru my router... And yep, I'm able to ssh to and fro using the xterms here. It'll be a few weekends before my gateway is tuned; but it's happening. > > If you want to do it in single user mode, you'll need to isntall X, > but you won't need to get the server working. Once you're in single > user mode with the network configured, start an xterm displaying on a > remote X server. You can then start more xterms, etc. from there. > > Having X installed without bothering to configure a working driver > means you can run other clients - gkrellm, for instance - on it to > display on your workstation as well. > This last sounds like some new wizardry. Is gkrellm anything like VNC? If you want to drop a few more helpful paragraphs this way, I'd be much obliged... Otherwise, I'll note it in my .ToDo file. thanks, gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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