Yes, that's true, you do need some of the "X" packages. You only really need the clients and libraries, but most of that is in the base package, which is 31 mb.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Rob > van der Heij > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Error message using Hummingbird Exceed V9 to > ssh to SuSE SLES8 on zSeries..... new install.... > > > 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 >
