On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 07:39 -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:33:19AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 07:11:06AM -0500, Tarek Soliman wrote: > > > > > > Is there any compatibility issues as far as versions of X, the server > > > being non-linux (or even not the same distro as the workstation), etc? > > > > > Nope. X is a protocol, much the same as FTP or HTTP. If your client > > (or server in the case of X) speaks it, the server (or client in the > > case of X) can speak to you. > > What I meant was the situations where the protocol changes in a certain > version of X. > > I guess you answered this already. I was thinking more like MySQL in sid > cannot accept auth from MySQL in sarge because the new MySQL uses a > different algorithm in the password handling. (you can of course make it > accept the old ways but that's another issue entirely)
As long as it adhere to the X protocol, which hasn't changed in eons, the answer is: No Problems. Ancient CDE using Motif, (being the version included with OSF/1 v3.01g, more than 10 years old) I've used complies just fine with current versions of XORG and actually displays just fine, though ugly widgets suck. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
