From owner-freebsd-net Mon Sep 14 22:59:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA02545 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 22:59:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA02539 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 22:59:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA01676; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 01:58:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 01:58:28 -0400 (EDT) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Satya Devireddy cc: RJEnt , "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Xwindows sessions from Windoze95? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org A freebie that works, but isn't terribly full-featured is at www.microimages.com... --- Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Satya Devireddy wrote: > > I am interested in haveing several users run an X sesion (on a FreeBSD 2.2.6 box running the X11R6 it > > shipped with) from there Win95 boxes. I know two unix boxes can do this. I know that the win95 boxes will > > need some kind of client software and I read about VNC but concluded that it was only for a single > > session I think, plus I needed there server software from what I could gather. I have no experience in this > > and see lots of possibilties if it would work. I would like to continue to use the X11R6 on the BSD server if > > possible. I need to have access for about 50 stations to start. > > By X-Session I assume you want to run X programs on the bsd box and > display them on the PC's ? > > I use the Exceed from Hummingbird to accomplish this. It has a different > version for NT & 95. It lets you run an X-Server on the PC so that > users can export DISPLAY=hostpc:0 on the bsd box and have the window > open on their pc. > > Downside is that Exceed costs a lot. But it is a full fledged package. > > I did see some demo version of X-server for PC which lets you connect > to a single host box at a time. I might have a copy at work. > > If you need it, I can look it up. > > Suggestions anyone ? > > -Satya > ----------------- > Satya Devireddy > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message