On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 12:30:26 -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> If one is setting up a server, one may only want to run an X server >> (XFree86, for example) on that machine, and not an X client. Other >> machines on the network would be running X clients and connecting with the >> server's X server. One doesn't need stuff like window managers running on >> the server. > > That sounds backwards and confusing. An X server talks to the > keyboard and display on the machine it's running on; an X client runs > on some machine and has its display on some X server not necessarily > on the same machine. xterm is an X client, for example. So a server > (sitting in a rack) probably wouldn't have an X server, but it might > have client programs installed that people could log in and run > remotely. A window manager happens to be a special case of an X > client, and it's possible to run it remotely, but it's rarely what you > actually want. :-) Desktop environments like GNOME and KDE in my > experience tend to be happiest if they're running on the same machine > that the X server is on.
My apologies, I wrote it ass backwards without thinking. It's not my area of expertise and I screwed it up. I withdraw my post (wish I could delete it) and tanks for the much more rational explanation which had me slapping my head when I read it. I'm now going to put my head up a horse's ass. -- ....................paul It's working as coded. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
