From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 28 15:26:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA26068 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 15:26:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from tulpi.interconnect.com.au (root@tulpi.interconnect.com.au [192.189.54.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA26058 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 15:25:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ahill@localhost) by tulpi.interconnect.com.au id KAA02497 (8.6.11/IDA-1.6); Thu, 29 Feb 1996 10:20:29 +1100 Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 10:20:27 +1100 (EST) From: Anthony Hill To: Benjamin Tomhave cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Remote X-windows In-Reply-To: <199602201906.LAA27710@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Benjamin, Telnet to the host and enter the commands :- >export DIPLAY=client.domain.name:0.0 >netscape& Where client.domain.name is the machine you want to display the application on, and host is the machine you want to run it on. Anthony Hill ahill@connect.com.au On Tue, 20 Feb 1996, Benjamin Tomhave wrote: > > Hello, all! > > This is a little bit of a strange question.... > > Netscape 2.0 on an HP9000 supports Java. I would like to see what Java does. So, > I thougt to myself, why not install Netscape on an HP9000 and then open Netscape > onto my machine w/ X-Windows (my machine being the machine w/ FreeBSD 2.1). So, > here's what I'm wondering: Is it possible for me to start Netscape from a diff. > machine so that it opens the window on my machine? If so, what's the trick? I > tried using rsh with an exec string after it to start an xterm, but that didn't > work (probably because rlogin is disabled on the HP). But, assuming that I can > use rsh (if necessary) to access the HP, is it possible, then, to run Netscape > on the HP, but with the window being on my machine w/ FreeBSD? > > Thanks for your help! > > -ben >