On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Rob van der Heij wrote: > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:54:30 +0100 > From: Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: 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.
Try vnc. I've used it via a 33600 modem connexion, and it's usable (not good, but usable). CPU usage _may_ be a problem on the remote host. > > Rob > -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
