At 5:09 PM -0700 10/18/2002, John Niven wrote: > >The instructions say to lanuch (their spelling) MI/X, do some setups >(I'm still >OK). Then they say you have to "telnet to your host" to give a UNIX command: > >setenv DISPLAY your.Macs's.IP.number:0.0
Yes you do have to use a separate telnet program to setup the connection. It's not an issue of MI/X but the weird way that XWindows is setup. The XWindows Server is the machine running MI/X or other X terminal software. The client is the Unix machine you are attempting to access. Don't ask me why, it's just the way it is. > >So I wasn't sure if I can telnet through MI/X or if I have to use a seperate >program. So I used a seperate telnet program and did as they said. But when I >run my target UNIX app (as per internal work instructions) I get: > >XView warning: Cannot load font >'-b&h-lucida-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*' (Fo >nt package) >XView warning: Cannot load font >'-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-120-*-*-*-*- >*-*' (Font package) >XView error: Cannot open connection to window server: >172.16.3.183:0.0 (Server p >ackage) This sounds like a problem with configuration on X on your Unix machine. You can also try the following (without the setenv command). xterm -display your.Macs's.IP.number:0.0 & Or something like it. Check the man page for xterm. The above command is from memory so it may not be correct. This should bring a terminal session up on the XWindows machine. The "&" at the end spawns the process off, otherwise your telnet session waits for your XTerm session to end. You can do this with any other X command but xterm lets you start doing other things from the XWindows screen. > >BTW "172.16.3.183" is the IP address my IT guys gave my desktop Mac (usually a >Classic II running 6.0.8L :-) > >Any pointers? > >I did find Sales blurb for MacX 2.0.4 which says it will work on either 68K or >PPC and supports open transport. Requires 68030 upwards and OS 7.1 and up. The >document was dated 1998. > >Sounds kinda cool. Anybody got it? Anybody know where to get it? I might even >pay for it :-) You are only likely to find it on some real dusty shelf somewhere. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:quadlist@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:quadlist-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:quadlist-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
