Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:34:18 -0800 From: Johnson David <djohnson@acuson.com> To: Nora Schram <nora.schram@planet.nl>, Newbies FreeBSD <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to X? Message-ID: <20020219193427.90C4537B405@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <002101c1b876$a08afec0$0300a8c0@cb03> References: <002101c1b876$a08afec0$0300a8c0@cb03>
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On Monday 18 February 2002 03:53 am, Nora Schram wrote: > 1. No X on the server, just files, databases > X on another FreeBSD box, possibly dual-boot with a Windows version > Do I have to put my X-applications on every client or can I put them > on the server too? X uses the terms "server" and "client" differently than most people are used to, and it can get confusing. The X server runs on the machine that has the display. The X client is the software that you are running. So, every machine that you wish to view X applications on needs to have an X server. The X applications themselves can reside on any computer. You don't even need more than just the X server on your "client" machines. Here's how X is setup at my work: Bull, Balderdash: My desktop workstations. Bull is a Solaris machine with Openwindows (a X11R5 variant) and Balderdash has FreeBSD with XFree86. To use the Framemaker application from Balderdash, I have to remotely log into to Bull (since framemaker is a Solaris application). Then I run Framemaker on Bull, and I get to use Framemaker for Solaris on FreeBSD. The actual application is running on Bull, but everything is being displayed on Balderdash. Of course, I have to let Bull know what X display to use. In this situation, Bull is a server, but it is running the X client. Balderdash is a client, but it is running the X server. Hope this helps, David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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