Thank you all for the replies. I ended up trying Moba, - what an awesome tool!
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Rick Troth <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/04/2016 11:31 AM, Frank Wolfe wrote: > > Has anyone setup x-11 on SLES for Linux on z? Can it be done? > > > Hi Frank -- > > Lots of good responses. > Rest assured, *X-11 for Linux on z is widely used for GUI applications > and for GUI installers*. > > Mark's question points out a possible misunderstand: > VNC for Linux on z *is* X-11 for Linux on z. VNC simply presents a virtual > screen rather than a physical screen. Plugging in a bitmapped display to > your mainframe is probably doable, but not scalable and likely not worth > your effort. So that then leads to other questions. What are your > requirements? > > I regularly *tunnel X-11* applications to my physical desktop using SSH > "-X" option. (Same effect can be had using PuTTY or KiTTY or MobaXterm > which Gregory mentioned.) In times past, I used *on-the-wire remote* (but > nobody trusts their own LAN these days). And I've used VNC itself with *'* > *vncviewer**' on the physical screen*. > > -- R; <>< > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
