On Thursday 08 April 2004 15:06, Nick Rout wrote: > assumes you know which X display the desired recipient is on.
Indeed, but that's pretty fair assumption in this situation. > On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 15:04:21 +1200 > > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 06 April 2004 07:36, you wrote: > > > I want to send a brief "message" to a "computername" using a command > > > like "net send" > > > > Now that I understand what it is that you want. :-) > > > > Assuming that you have a local DNS of some sort running and that kde is > > the Desktop Environment. > > Ensure that the kalarm and kalarmd are running. > > Ensure that access to the receiver computer's display is allowed for the > > sender. > > > > on receiver's console / xterm type:- > > > > xhost + sender > > > > to allow sender access to receiver's display > > > > on sender's console / xterm type:- > > > > kalarm "Time for Tea" -display=receiver:0.0 > > > > Bright red popup window will appear on receiver's display with message in > > it. > > > > No need to fuddle around with smb. Unix has window networking built in. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
