hi nitin
  thanx for ur  prompt response. yes i do want to connect to a m/c on a
local lan. but how do i specify that some application is to run on a
remote X and not on the local one. also how do i use a win98 m/c to
connect to a remote X and run apps on it. 
hope to get a detailed response.


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On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Nitin Kumar Gupta wrote:

> Hi Himanshu,
> 
> If the remote machine is on the same network as yours, then all you have to 
> do is :
> Remote :    export DISPLAY=localmachine:0.0
> Local:        xhost +
> 
> PS: okay before people start flaming, xhost + is not a good thing to do and 
> you probably want to read the man page for xhost.
> 
> If the remote machine is across continents, then the procedure is a bit 
> cumbersome. The idea is that you have to create a chain of your DISPLAY 
> exports for it to work.
> 
> ~Nitin
> 
> On Monday 18 June 2001 06:23 pm, you wrote:
> > hi listers
> >     can anyone give me some guidence ( or show me some comnprehensive
> > resource on the net) about connecting to a remote X server.
> > using Xfree86 3. on kernel 2.2.16-3
> > thanx
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