On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 20:22, Hall, Ken (IDS ECCS) wrote: > That's the point: To get an xterm session. Hummingbird uses > ssh/rsh/telnet/whatever to make an initial connection, then kicks off xterm. Xterm > connects BACK to the hummingbird X server, providing > the terminal window. The ssh session goes to sleep, and eventually terminates, > leaving just xterm. > > I almost always use xterm instead of straight ssh. The terminal emulation is better > supported, so curses-driven stuff works as it should. That isn't always the case > with pure telnet and ssh clients.
Ok, I see. Just tried 'ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] xterm' to get the same effect. That means you must install quite a lot of the X-windows stuff. I try to avoid that on most servers. And it also looks to me it is way slower and takes about twice the resources. Rob
