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RE: Running remote window manager
- To: "'Timothy J. Massey'" <tmassey at modernmerchant dot com>, cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: RE: Running remote window manager
- From: Harold Hunt <Harold at compasstechnologies dot com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 00:10:23 -0500
>Even when I'm in the /usr/X11R6/bin directory
Very common problem... the current directory is not in your path. You need
to qualify your reference to the executable when you run it, either by
typing ./xhost or /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost.
>I can't run xterm without a window manager, though (can I?)
Sure can. Just comment (REM) out vtwm from your startxwin.bat. Xterm will
dock in the upper-left hand corner of your X Server without a window border.
>Is there a way to run xhost from anywhere outside of the xterm?
Yup. You could run xhost in startxwin.bat. There are ways of making your
list of allowed hosts permanent. I have never done it, so I can't cite an
example; I believe I have seen it discussed in this list, and most FAQs that
cover xhost will mention the permanent access control methods.
Let me know if you succeed, I would like to do the same thing :)
Harold