From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 16 18:30:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 122E7106566B for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:30:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E1E88FC17 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id oAGITmW8081438; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:30:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id oAGITlQd081437; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:29:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:29:47 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <201011161829.oAGITlQd081437@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG, logan@xentac.com In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-x11 User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.5 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:30:03 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: Using XOrg on a FreeBSD Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG, logan@xentac.com List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:30:06 -0000 Logan Moore 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