Just to add to what John said. Client and server glossary is reversed in X Window world. Server is where user sits, where monitor, mouse and keyboard are located. X Window client is on a remote (or local) machine. So it is common to connect with SSH client to SSH server and run there X Window client which displays on local X Window server. All Linux desktops have X Server available so many people don't recognize this. To have X Window server on Windows machine you either need to buy it or use free alternative like Cygwin. I often use free xlivecd based on Cygwin from xlivecd.org. It allows to run X Window server from CD without any installation and it works nicely.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:47 PM, McKown, John <[email protected]> wrote: > z/OS does not have a X Window (singular, not plural, a common mistake) > server. The "server" in X is the software which provides access to the > display and keyboard. The X client is the application code which talks to the > server. z/OS does support X client code. At one time, there was a X Window > terminal. That was basically some "smart" hardware which accepted X protocol > to drive a graphics display. > > I think the answer you are looking for is "Yes, you can run a program which > is an X client on z/OS." I do it. I have a Linux desktop. I use SSH to > connect to z/OS. And I set ssh to set up a "reverse X tunnel". Doing this > causes a z/OS UNIX command prompt to appear on my desktop. It also causes the > DISPLAY environment to be set up correctly. Basically it causes the ssh > server on z/OS to "listen" on a dynamically assigned port (in my case, and by > default, starting with port 6010). The SSH server then causes any connection > to this port to be tunnelled back to the desktop over the ssh link. > > You can also use telnet, but it is a bit more difficult. You need to set the > DISPLAY environment variable to the proper value > export DISPLAY=ip.address:XportNumber . And you must also set up the X server > on your desktop to listen on the XportNumber port. This is normally port 6000. > > On my system, I do this automatically in the /etc/profile file. > > === > SSHD="No" > set . $(ps -o args -p $PPID) > case "$3" in > *telnet*) DISPLAY="$5";; > *rlogin*) DISPLAY="$8";; > *sshd*) SSHD="Yes";; > *) DISPLAY="None";; > esac > if [ "$SSHD" = "No" ] > then > DISPLAY="$DISPLAY:0" > if [ "$DISPLAY" = "None:0" ] > then > unset DISPLAY > else > export DISPLAY > fi > else > export DISPLAY > fi > export SSHD > === > > You can also use MS-Windows if you have a X server on it. MS-Windows does not > come with an X server. I have successfully use Cygwin's X server. > > John McKown > > Systems Engineer IV > > IT > > > > Administrative Services Group > > > > HealthMarkets(r) > > > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > > (817) 255-3225 phone * > > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Price >> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 12:08 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: z/OS X-Windows (was: ASCII (was: Unix path name)) >> >> Looking at z/OS UNIX System Services "Ported Tools" >> http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/unix/bpxa1ty1.html >> there is an X-Windows editor called "nedit" that IBM makes >> available for z/OS UNIX. >> >> Does this imply that X-Windows under z/OS UNIX System >> Services is usable (perhaps with IBM's Ported Tools)? >> I guess if I really wanted to know I'd subscribe to the >> MVS-OE List Server. >> >> Turning to the z/OS MVS side for a moment, I see that >> GDDM/MVS supports X-Windows graphics through the GDDMXD/MVS >> interface. So if your 3270 emulator doesn't support drawing >> graphs etc you could have an X-Window pop up on the side and >> do it that way. >> >> -dap >> ______________________________________ >> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Paul Gilmartin >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 13:39:11 -0700, Sam Siegel wrote: >> > > >> > >The IBM XL C/C++ team did a GREAT jobs with ASCII >> compatibility. :-) >> > > >> > Overall, yes, but, last time I checked, no Curses; no X11. >> > Sockets? I don't know. >> > >> > -- gil >> >> On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:00:56 -0700, Sam Siegel wrote: >> Good to know. I'm in luck, my app does not need those features. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
