Charles Stack on Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:38:45 -0400 (EDT)


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RE: [Plug] Trouble starting X remotely


>>Don't know what XDMCP is.

I believe it is the protocol that an X server uses to establish a connection
with a host.

>Anyway...for those of you with Windoze boxes and want to run X, grab a copy
>of X-WinPro.

>>From where?

sunsite.icm.edu.pl/tucows


>All I wanna do is telnet over, and see the output from a program that runs
>under X. Don't need my Windows 95 and X-Windows comingling. Do I really
>need all this to just view an X screen remotely?

You need an X server to view the data.  If you could get telnet to work,
you'll only see a bunch of codes passed between the X server and your host.
X-WinPro gives you the nice graphic presentation you expect to see when you
use X.



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