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Re: [Plug] Trouble starting X remotely
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Good point. I don't know if security would end up being an issue, but if it
did I'm sure that some cheap off the shelf parts exist for that kind of
thing. Outdated military hardware could be used for that.
From: Kyle Burton <mortis@voicenet.com>
Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [Plug] Trouble starting X remotely
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:13:37 -0400 (EDT)
The device would have to be sophisticated enough to handle ssh or something
like it, or everyone with a radio could sniff your traffic.
could you use rf (or whatever HAM radio ops use?) to tranismit the data?
k
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On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Nick R wrote:
> 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>
> >Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> >To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> >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
> >Sophomore Computer Science Student
> >Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA
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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?
> > > > >
> > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
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> > > > > me. Even if I don't know the answer, I'll make something up and
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> > > > > believe me."-Unknown
> > >
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