Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-12-03 Thread (-K JohnNy
> > DISPLAY variable must point to display > > like IP-number:0 (or non-zero if you have more than 1 display :) > > Shouldn't that be IP-number:0.0 ? > > Olivier Only in case there are multiple screens on the specified server. (The first number, which is mandatory, IIRC, specifies the server and

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-20 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:58:40PM -0600, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > > X windows has client/server built into the protocol: you can run an X > > application on a machine that has no video card and display the result > > on another machine that has video facility and an X display (called an > > X serv

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-19 Thread Olivier Nicole
> DISPLAY variable must point to display > like IP-number:0 (or non-zero if you have more than 1 display :) Shouldn't that be IP-number:0.0 ? Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questi

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-19 Thread Olivier Nicole
> This complexity of DISPLAY ans xhost is why I find it far easier to use ssh > to make connections where I want to run X-clients. There is this command that I tend to like, to be run in a trusted environment only (but using DISPLAY and xhost means that your network is already trusted): xrsh. It c

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-19 Thread Bill Campbell
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>> X windows has client/server built into the protocol: you can run an X >>> application on a machine that has no video card and display the result >>> on another machine that has video facility and an X display (called an >>> X server). >> >> Does anyo

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
X windows has client/server built into the protocol: you can run an X application on a machine that has no video card and display the result on another machine that has video facility and an X display (called an X server). Does anyone know of a tutorial or a how-to, I would like to try this out.

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-19 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
> X windows has client/server built into the protocol: you can run an X > application on a machine that has no video card and display the result > on another machine that has video facility and an X display (called an > X server). Does anyone know of a tutorial or a how-to, I would like to try thi

RE: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
when i do this: export DISPLAY=192.168.0.100:0 xterm first it tells me that export can't befound, I guess that is because it is a built it. So I added to my .profile the following DISPLAY=192.168.0.100:0 export DISPLAY maybe you use csh not bash as me. Logged out and logged ba

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-19 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:10:28 -0500, "Gary Hartl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > when i do this: > export DISPLAY=192.168.0.100:0 > xterm > > first it tells me that export can't befound, I guess that is because it is a > built it. Important question here: What's your shell? If you're using FreeBSD's

RE: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-19 Thread Gary Hartl
-Original Message- From: Wojciech Puchar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November-19-08 5:28 AM To: Gary Hartl Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Running X without a videocard > I am running FBSD-stable 6.0 on some Sun Netra X1's so it is sparc64. > There is no video ca

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-19 Thread chrisa
>> I am running FBSD-stable 6.0 on some Sun Netra X1's so it is sparc64. >> There is no video card on these puppies. But I seem to recall that we >> ran >> solaris X using WinAXE or VNC or something like that >> > for fast network (LAN) > > > telnet/rlogin (better not ssh) > > export DISPLAY=IP-of

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-19 Thread Olivier Nicole
> I am running FBSD-stable 6.0 on some Sun Netra X1's so it is sparc64. > There is no video card on these puppies. But I seem to recall that we ran > solaris X using WinAXE or VNC or something like that X windows has client/server built into the protocol: you can run an X application on a machine

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I am running FBSD-stable 6.0 on some Sun Netra X1's so it is sparc64. There is no video card on these puppies. But I seem to recall that we ran solaris X using WinAXE or VNC or something like that for fast network (LAN) telnet/rlogin (better not ssh) export DISPLAY=IP-of-your-display:0 then

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-19 Thread Pieter de Goeje
On Wednesday 19 November 2008, Gary Hartl wrote: > Whoa this is way beyond me I think...can you direct me to a howto or the > like. > > X11 over SSH good lordi'm out of touch with *NIX.. > Am i to understand that i could run a pretty nice (not gnome or kde) but > one of the less intense interfa

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-18 Thread andrew clarke
On Tue 2008-11-18 19:02:48 UTC-0500, Gary Hartl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am running FBSD-stable 6.0 on some Sun Netra X1's so it is sparc64. > There is no video card on these puppies. But I seem to recall that we ran > solaris X using WinAXE or VNC or something like that > > I'm wondering

RE: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-18 Thread Gary Hartl
ction speed isn't an issue. 6 years, and I have admin alzheimers' Thanks Gary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Campbell Sent: November-18-08 7:20 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running X without a vi

Re: Running X without a videocard

2008-11-18 Thread Bill Campbell
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008, Gary Hartl wrote: >Hi all; > >More questions... > >I am running FBSD-stable 6.0 on some Sun Netra X1's so it is sparc64. >There is no video card on these puppies. But I seem to recall that we ran >solaris X using WinAXE or VNC or something like that > >I'm wondering if it is