Re: Running X11 over a network
In article <[🔎] 87emzt46kz.fsf@pfaffben.user.msu.edu>, Ben Pfaff
<pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu> writes
>
>Try this, which is slightly different:
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>* 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.
How CPU/RAM heavy are these 3 only?
Is it absolutely necessary t run them on the 486?
xserver-*: This actually talks to the hardware. Definitely necessary.
xbase: This is where the `xhost' program, which you need, comes from.
xlib6g: Library required by xbase.
>* On the laptop do `export DISPLAY=192.168.1.2:0' in bash.
Ah, that makes more sense.
>* Run `startx', then `xhost +192.168.1.1' on the 486.
Presumably I could put the xhost line in the startx script?
Whereabouts should it go?
It could go in /etc/X11/Xsession (near the top probably), but I don't
think it could go in startx.
I am still confused as to how I would specify which window manager
I want to use and which computer it goes on?
If you add /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm at the beginning of
/etc/X11/window-managers, then you can run a window manager remotely
(on the laptop), and just have an xterm running on the 486. Maybe
there's a more elegant way to do this (any X11 wizards around?).
Is there anyway to run them locally without cp'ing them to the local
HD? And speaking of which, is there a way to cp across a LAN or would
I have to FTP them or use Samba or something?
You can use the `rcp' command if you set up hosts.equiv properly.
And one more quick question: Do I need to tell each computer the IP
address of the other one?
That's what the `export DISPLAY' and `xhost' commands do, in part.
Other than that, there's nothing to do.
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