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Re: Using XWin.exe to connect to a linux X Server
- From: "xerces8" <xerces8 at butn dot net>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com, "jose isaias cabrera" <cabrera at wrc dot xerox dot com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:06:45 +0100
- Subject: Re: Using XWin.exe to connect to a linux X Server
- References: <000e01c8330d$a478f100$0a00a8c0@stso.mc.xerox.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
1.)
If you start the XWin.exe and then connect to d-tuxedo over ssh and there you start:
DISPLAY=your_displays_IP:0 xterm
does it work ?
2.) is there an XDCMP server running on d-tuxedo ?
(can be set somewhere in the gdm settings "Allow remote loginW or similar")
Regards,
David
-----Original Message-----
From: "jose isaias cabrera" <cabrera@wrc.xerox.com>
To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:58:26 -0500
Subject: Using XWin.exe to connect to a linux X Server
>
> Greetings.
>
> I am trying to connect to a Gentoo X Server and it is connecting, but I
> don't seem to be able to open an xterm. All I get is a full screen without
> anything. I am running this command:
>
> XWin -query d-tuxedo
>
> where d-tuxedo is the X Server. It works well with xinit. Here is the
> .xinitrc:
>
> jicman 23:51:28-> cat .xinitrc
> #!/bin/sh
> # $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $
>
> userresources="$HOME"/.Xresources
> usermodmap="$HOME"/.Xmodmap
> sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
> sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
>
> # merge in defaults and keymaps
>
> if [ -f "$sysresources" ]; then
> xrdb -merge "$sysresources"
> fi
>
> if [ -f "$sysmodmap" ]; then
> xmodmap "$sysmodmap"
> fi
>
> if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
> xrdb -merge "$userresources"
> fi
>
> if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
> xmodmap "$usermodmap"
> fi
>
> # start some nice programs
>
>
> xhost + localhost
> cd
> xterm -display $DISPLAY -name "xterm-1" -sb \
> -sl 1000 -geometry +0+0 &
> xterm -display $DISPLAY -name "xterm-2" -sb \
> -sl 1000 -geometry +270+190 &
> #fvwm2
> wmaker
>
> So, what is it that I am doing wrong? I tried searching on different places
> and google it, but I could not find any thing.
>
> Any help would be greated appreciated.
>
> thanks,
>
> josé
>
>
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