Re: Running X11 over a network

[Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>]

   * Install Hamm and, when prompted for IP addresses, give
     192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 (even though they may both be
     connecting to the 'net via a modem with a fixed IP address)
   * install X on the laptop only (?)
   * on the 486 type "xhost +"
   * on the laptop type "DISPLAY=ip:0.0 ; export DISPLAY" (I am using Bash)
   * on the laptop I type "startx"

   Somehow this doesn't seem quite right to me.

Try this, which is slightly different:

* Give 192.168.1.1 to the laptop.
* Give 192.168.1.2 to the desktop.
* Install any X software you want, but no xserver package, on the laptop.
* Install only xserver-* (whichever you need), xbase, xlib6g on the server.
* On the laptop do `export DISPLAY=192.168.1.2:0' in bash.
* Run `startx', then `xhost +192.168.1.1' on the 486.
* Run your xclients from the laptop command line.

   I am also interested in how to run console aplications in this
   way too.

You can just telnet from one machine to the other or run an xterm.


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