On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 04:52:06PM +0200, Rod Furey wrote: > >a rather basic question.. is it possible to use X11 / XF86 > >windowing on SUSE SLES8?? - the client is WIN NT SSH'ing to z/VM. The > >SUSE documentation is not very clear on this > > You mean: can I run an app on Linux for zSeries that uses X > to display it's output? Sure. You'd need to set the display > variable correctly and direct it to an X server that the > client is running. This means the app runs on the mainframe > but directs its output over the network to the X server that's > running on the NT box. There's usually an option on the X server > to use SSH.
The other way around: the ssh client should have an option to forward the X connection. Thus you won't have to mess with setting DISPLAY and other stuff. If your docs don't help you: what ssh client and X server do you use? -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+
