Re: Xserver/Xwindows on SE/30

[Chris Baker <baker@treyarch.com>]

Oops!  I reversed `your.local.ip.address' and `remote.ip.address'!
The xhost call says to allow remote clients to connect to the xserver,
and the DISPLAY is set to who to try to connect to.

HTH,

cbb

Chris Baker <baker@treyarch.com> writes:

> Johan Ugander <johan@ugander.com> writes:
> 
> > Ok, I've done a little reading, and I'm goin to go ahead with getting 
> > Xserver to boot on the se/30. I could really use some help from 
> > anyone that has booted xserver on teh se/30, or any compact mac, for 
> > that matter.
> 
> Read Christian's FAQ--the URL is in his .sig.  That will tell you how
> to configure the Xserver on your local machine.  Once you get X
> running locally, go into an xterm and type
> 
> $ xhost +your.local.ip.address
> 
> where you replace `your.local.ip.address' with what you think you
> should.  Then telnet to the remote machine, and set the DISPLAY
> enviornment variable.
> 
> $ export DISPLAY=remote.ip.address:0
> 
> where the `:0' at the end specifies which display you want to use and
> is probably optional in your case.  Now you can run any X clients on
> the remote machine and they will try to connect to your local Xserver.
> 
> The ssh package is a lot easier to use and a ton more secure than
> this.  You just run sshd on the remote machine, and when you connect
> using ssh (which replaces telnet), you can skip the xhost and DISPLAY
> steps, plus it encrypts the entire session so no one can eavesdrop on
> it.
> 
> > Basically, as I understand it, I first have to setup some 
> > configuration stuff, but after that I can just telnet in to any box 
> > and run startx?
> 
> I'm not sure what this does....
> 
> > It sounds too good to be true. Please, someone elaborate, and please 
> > tell me what config tools I need, along with any other lib's or 
> > anything. Basically, a list of the following would help:
> > 
> > (.deb) files needed to configure and support Xwindows for se/30
> > files needed to support a remote xwindows session on the host machine 
> > (not the se/30)
> 
> Find the package names from the debian web site and use `apt' to
> install (from memory--YMMV):
> 
> # apt-get install xserver-fbdev
> 
> apt is one of the main reasons why debian is so great!
> 
> HTH,
> 
> cbb
> 
> 
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