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Re: [Plug] Trouble starting X remotely
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Yeah, the only problem I can think of is the expense of the connection & the
number of people who would find this usefull enough to buy it. The actual
device could be just a screen, modem/cell phone, some sort of primitive
video card type of dealie, & a jack for a one handed keyboard. You could
make something like that for a few hundred at most.
From: "Daniel W. Ottey" <udottey@mcs.drexel.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Plug] Trouble starting X remotely
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:38:51 -0400 (EDT)
Interesting... You mena like a portable "dumb terminal" ? I guess if it
had a cellular/satelite modem, that would be pretty cool. The actual
machine probably wouldn't be too expensive. Would probably be even
cheaper than a 386 laptop. Somehow you would have to get it Internet
access, but it wouldn't need to be VERY fast, since its only relaying
text. Thats an interesting idea. I like it! (I could telnet into my box
from anywhere I was and check my email... whoo!)
Daniel W. Ottey
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On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Nick R wrote:
> You know what I've always thought somebody should make (and by always, I
> mean for the past few months or less)? I think it would be cool to have
a
> little portable telnet client. Just something simple w/ a fairly small
> screen that could do telnet logins. It would be better than a PDA. The
> problem is that the connection could be expensive and the density of
people
> who would have Unix boxes to connect to would only be great enough in
> Silicon Valley, but it's a cool idea I think.
>
>
> >From: Joshua Mazess <mazessj@op.net>
> >Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> >To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> >Subject: Re: [Plug] Trouble starting X remotely
> >Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 08:32:41 -0400
> >
> >Most telnet clients display text only, no graphics. They are too "thin"
to
> >do
> >anything more complicated than that. Some do ReGIS, but I doubt that
can
> >handle
> >high resolution and many colors. You need an X server for any system
that
> >you
> >want to act as an I/O terminal. So, you would need an X server for
Win95
> >and
> >then you could run your X clients from Linux and direct I/O to the
Win95
> >box by
> >setting the DISPLAY environment variable (or by specifying on the
command
> >line
> >of the X client). --Josh
> >
> >Michael Leone wrote:
> >
> > > I have a machine running Slackware 3.4 (kernel 2.0.34) as an
intranet
> >web
> > > server, email server, etc, on my LAN - all the good stuff that Linux
> >does
> > > so well and silently. :-)
> > >
> > > Anyway - I have X installed on this server. If I startx from the
server
> > > console, everything comes up just as it should. Life is good.
> > >
> > > If I telnet in (from a Win95 station), and (following the example in
_A
> > > Practical Guide to Linux_, the only book I have handy here at work)
do a
> > > echo $DISPLAY (to get the contents of the DISPLAY environmental
variable
> >to
> > > pass to X), I get a blank - not the ":0.0" example in the book.
> > >
> > > So, when I startx from the telnet session, X starts over on the
server
> > > console.
> > > And I have to go over to the server and stop X. Life is bad.
> > >
> > > 1. What am I doing wrong? I want the X to show in my telnet window
on my
> > > workstation, not on the server. How can I pass X the info to show up
> >here
> > > rather than there?
> > > 2. Does the server have to already be running X?
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > "...and if you have any questions about anything, come on up and ask
> > > me. Even if I don't know the answer, I'll make something up and
you'll
> > > believe me."-Unknown
>
>
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