From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 29 07:06:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA14778 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 29 May 1997 07:06:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ui-gate.utell.co.uk (ui-gate.utell.co.uk [194.200.4.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA14769 for ; Thu, 29 May 1997 07:06:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from utell.co.uk (shift.utell.net [97.3.0.21]) by ui-gate.utell.co.uk (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA24669; Thu, 29 May 1997 15:06:38 +0100 (BST) Received: from shift.utell.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by utell.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA03949; Thu, 29 May 1997 15:06:38 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199705291406.PAA03949@utell.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Brian Somers , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rstartd on freefall In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 28 May 1997 21:39:59 PDT." <25691.864880799@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 15:06:38 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > So rstart is broken by design. Let me guess. This has been argued > > before, and the xfree86 guys won't allow an absolute path to rstartd > > (via say a flag to rstart).... :| > > I don't recall that it was ever discussed. I've certainly never heard > of anyone actually using it, at least not until just now. :-) Heh. This is a good example of me wandering around and trying to figure out how something works. I come up with a solution and *assume* it's the one everyone else uses 'cos it works. How do other people exec remote X programs ? Doing a "rsh ....." doesn't send your DISPLAY over, so you end up with some nasty lines like: rsh freefall xterm -display $HOSTDISPLAY -T freefall -n freefall -e bash --login rather than rstart -g freefall xterm (although I suppose you could hide the -T & -n in .Xdefaults). The rstart idea is nice 'cos you can just dump your .rstart.* directories on a machine and kill all the long lines :) > Jordan -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !