On 14 Jan, Steve Borho wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 04:43:50PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I recently bought a laptop and am trying to use it to remotely manage
>> my desktop computer. I login via a telnet session and set the DISPLAY
>> variable (usually something like xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:0). Unfortunately
>> when I try to start an X session from here (startx) it doesn't work.
>
> You don't start an X server on the machine you telnet to, you start it on
> the machine you're telnetting from.
>
> startx
> 'open an xterm'
> telnet laptop
> export DISPLAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:0
> netscape&
>
Yes, this works (as do most X programs). But try gmc. Or FSViewer if
you are running WindowMaker. These programs segfault or core dump.
They only work if you are running an X on the same machine as the
program (I expect they are looking for a local process of some type).
I was sure there was a way to do this. Perhaps not.
Tom
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