Rolf,
I hope I can help you.
1) Take a look at your .xinitrc to see what you are getting as
your initial windows at startup. Elminiate what you don't want.
Note that twm is the last entry on purpose and you likely should
leave it alone. You might want to tweak the other xterm entries
or elminately them entirely.
2) You can allow remote login if you like, but that's not related
to the problem you're describing. If you want to allow remote
access that is your preference.
3) On your MacOS X box do this:
login as root
run 'xhost +'
[You might want to do a man on xhost and choose just the IP address
of your remote box.]
On your remote box do this (set the DISPLAY environment variable):
export DISPLAY=MacOSXBox:0.0
xterm&
where "MacOSXBox" is the host name or IP address of your MacOS X
system. After you do 'xterm' you should see an xterm from your
remote box on your MacOS X box.
I think volume 3 of the O'Reilly series on X Windows might be a
good start on X windows from the user's point of view.
[I have MacOS X 10.1.2 and XFree86 4.1.0 running with WindowMaker
and can create windows on my home box from work without a problem
using the above method.]
Enjoy!
Joel
> Quick background ...
>
> Systems: Mac OS X 10.1.2 on a G3 beige, and a G4 TiPB
>
> Using the Installer from
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xonx/XInstall_10.1.sit
> (XInstall from InstallAnywhere Version 4.5)
> XFree86: Version 4.2.0
> XDarwin installed: Version ?
>
> Remote Systems to which I wish to connect: Recent release Linux OS boxes
>
> Me: Extreme novice when it comes to this X-Windows stuff... I have used
> MacX (long ago) and use X-Win32 at work, and am used to the ability to
> configure and start X-windows sessions on remote systems via the X-Win32
> config app. XDarwin/Xfree86 appear very similar to X-Win32, but that
> configuration piece seems to be missing (or I cannot find it!)
>
> Anyway, after installing via I get the cool red X in the OS X Dock for
> XDarwin. I click on it, and the application starts up. Questions...
>
> 1. I get 3 terminal windows (not X-terminals) within XDarwin. One of
> them is huge -- so huge that its bottom edge is offscreen and I cannot
> get to it to resize it. Is there a way to resize a window differently,
> other than the mouse/drag thing?
>
> 2. Mac OS X has a toggle for "Allow remote login" under the
> Sharing/Application window. Do I need to toggle this on?
>
> 3. After starting XDarwin, how the heck do I connect to the remote Linux
> box and have it display its windows within the XDarwin environment? I
> don't even know where to begin, as far as commands / configuration go. I
> reviewed this email list, and all the available (obvious) docs on the
> various websites. They all tell how to install, but not actually how to
> use the stuff. The Xfree86 pointed me to "man xinit" after install, but
> the installer did not put anything there.
>
> How do I tell the remote system that I have an X-windows server running
> on the Mac? Do I need to set a display setting? Is there other
> config/setup stuff I need to do?
>
> If there is a good beginner's document or book somewhere, please point
> me to that. I don't mind reading the docs and figuring stuff out ... I
> just cannot find the docs!
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Rolf
>
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