Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 01:56:22 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote X display Message-ID: <200401230156.22051.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <20040122145353.GB54084@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20040122145353.GB54084@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 01:23, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been looking all over for a concise howto for remote X on FreeBS= D.=20 > I see some that involve changing config files in the xdm directory, oth= ers > use xhost, and another uses xfig, which doesn't exist under FreeBSD AFA= ICT. > > All I want to do is use a laptop in a local network to be an X client > connected to a more powerful desktop machine. I'm not worried about > security. > > Is xhosts and the DISPLAY variable all I need? Or do I need to go thro= ugh > all of the xdm configuration hoops? > The machine you're actually sitting at needs to be running X-terminal sof= tware, that is X server and xdm or some equivalent. X applications can be run on= either=20 machine for control from there. In my opinion ssh is a much tidier way than rsh/xhost for running X appli= cations=20 remotely. Have a look at the special options in ssh for X transport in th= e man page,=20 particularly -X and -f. xfig I only know as a (rather good) vector based drawing program but=20 is just an ordinary X application without any special connection with ope= rating across the network. Malcolm Kay
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