On Thu, 30 May 2002, Thai Dang Vu wrote: >Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 14:43:00 +0700 >From: Thai Dang Vu <thaid@Cybersoft-VN.com> >To: xfree86-list@redhat.com >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >List-Id: Red Hat XFree86 list <xfree86-list.redhat.com> >Subject: A question from a newbie about using XFree86 as a Xserver > > >Hello everybody, > >Can we use XFree86 as an Xserver (like Exceed on windows) so that we can >have the display of another Linux machine on our own Linux machine? If >we can, how can we do that? Is there any document about it on Internet? There are various ways to accomplish that. You can use XDMCP (read the XDMCP-HOWTO), or you can open up a local shell and ssh to a remote machine and run X applications via X11 forwarding. Another possibility is to use VNC to attach to a remote display. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
