Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:16:47 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to use FreeBSD & XFree86 to recycle old computers to use as X-terminals Message-ID: <3CC6CC5F.5040504@potentialtech.com>
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I'm having trouble finding good docs on this. The X documentation is a little tough to wade through and I've searched in vain for a howto that works when followed. (The most descriptive I found was this: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/other-formats/html_single/XDM-Xterm.html but it simply didn't work when I was done following it) The FreeBSD handbook is sadly lacking, so my thought was that I could write some instructions to submit to the handbook once I've figured it out. Unfortunately, I'm stuck right now. The machine that is to be the server appears to be working. sockstat shows xdm listening on ports 49152 and 177, while XF86_mach64 is listening on 6000 and xconsole is also listening on 49152. I can log in locally and everything is just peachy. The terminal is an old P133, when starting x locally it works fine, when I config it per the above HOWTO - no dice. If I config xdm to start at boot (via /etc/ttys) it gives me a login to the local machine only. If I start X with a command like "/usr/X11R6/bin/X -query the.other.machine" I get a completely blank X, no login or anything. I put a foreign entry in Xservers like this: 172.16.0.99:0 foriegn and commented out the local entry, but it made no difference, I still get a local login. Anyone have any better docs for me to read, or have some direct advice? As usual, all help is greatly appreciated. -- Bill Moran Potential Technology http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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