Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 11:15:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> To: Brian Somers <brian@utell.co.uk> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rstartd on freefall Message-ID: <199705291514.LAA16028@gatekeeper.itribe.net> In-Reply-To: <199705291406.PAA03949@utell.co.uk>
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On Thu, 29 May 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > > 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 <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org> > <http://www.awfulhak.org>; > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! > > If you have xauth working properly, you can just type: xon host program Jamie Bowden System Administrator, iTRiBE.net
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