remote X display

[Kenzo]

what about setting the server with VNC?
then the client connects with vnc client and you can run all the apps from
the server from any machine.
Unless I'm totally off.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Malcolm Kay" <malcolm.kay at internode.on.net>
To: "Jonathon McKitrick" <jcm at FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>;
<freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: remote X display


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 FreeBSD.
> I see some that involve changing config files in the xdm directory, others
> use xhost, and another uses xfig, which doesn't exist under FreeBSD
AFAICT.
>
> 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 through
> all of the xdm configuration hoops?
>

The machine you're actually sitting at needs to be running X-terminal
software,
that is X server and xdm or some equivalent. X applications can be run on
either
machine for control from there.

In my opinion ssh is a much tidier way than rsh/xhost for running X
applications
remotely. Have a look at the special options in ssh for X transport in the
man page,
particularly -X and -f.

xfig I only know as a (rather good) vector based drawing program but
is just an ordinary X application without any special connection with
operating
across the network.

Malcolm Kay

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