Re: X running without monitor (may be w/o videocard)
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> > Here's where the X notion of client/server can be confusing. If you
> > consider a server which provides programs to clients, then this server
> > would be running X client programs, and each terminal an X server. :)
>
> Yeap, confusing. H**** cr**! So, in this case,
No, you just need to understand how it works.
X server is a *screen server*, thus it is your screen/station.
X client is a program that wants to talk to a "screen server" so that it can
display something.
There, easy to remember now, isn't it? the server/client notion is not
backwards. It is exacly right.
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