Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:29:47 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG, logan@xentac.com Subject: Re: Using XOrg on a FreeBSD Server Message-ID: <201011161829.oAGITlQd081437@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikJPBv4%2BxQ80R_cfE6i7o0dRKnP7Wm4-Ojwij_j@mail.gmail.com>
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Logan Moore <logan@xentac.com> wrote: > I've set up FreeBSD on one of my servers, and I have a nice 24" 1920x1200 > monitor plugged into it. It seems a shame to be wasting such a decent > monitor on a simple black and white terminal, so I've been contemplating > installing XOrg on the server to get a bit of extra functionality from the > terminals. I'm not thinking KDE or Gnome... just a simple window manager > like one of the *box's or even just straight up xdm running terminals and > maybe some basic GUI tools like a text editor/file manager. I would connect the monitor to a machine where it is more useful, i.e. a PC or workstation, and let the server run headless. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Whatever happened to the days when hacking started at the cerebral cortex, and not at the keyboard?" -- Sid on userfriendly.org by Illiad, 2007-06-20
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