XFree86 over a network

Kevin Brown plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Sat, 10 Nov 2001 21:08:12 -0700


I use a copy of Exceed that I got from ASU.  Basically I setup the DISPLAY
variable on the *nix machine to be the IP/FQDN of the windows machine and then
any X app I run gets piped over the network to it.

in bash:
export DISPLAY=<ip>:0.0

in csh:
setenv DISPLAY <ip>:0.0

I believe that is the correct syntax.

Jeff Barker wrote:
> 
> Can anyone tell me if it's possible to have X installed on a server and run X
> in a client on Windows machines?
> 
> If it is, what client would be used on Windows and how would I configure X for
> that.  X won't be run on the server at all, only on a Windows 2k/XP box on the
> network.