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In article <4ihs5h$1jk0@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>,
john michael miller <millejoh@schubert> wrote:
>I'm doing this more out of academic interest than
>practical (since I'm on a relatively slow modem connection),
>but it would be very cool if I could register my home system (running
>linux 1.2.13 and X11R6) as an X client for the CS systems.  I set
>the DISPLAY variable to my slip connection address, but when I try
>to run an X program I get a refused connection message!
>
>My X lore is limited, so I'm not even sure if this is possible.
>I usually slip in through the acns lines (not segue).  Has
>anybody had success with this?
>
>Thank you all,
>John

It is possible to have the CS machines run X clients and have them
display on your own machine, but I must warn you that running X programs
this way is e x t r e m e l y   s l o w , but it does work.  Here's what
you have to do.  It was always possible - X was designed to be
completely network transparent, that's why it is possible to run X
programs on handel or schubert from the workstations in the CS lab and
the offices.

1.  Start your SLIP/PPP connection, then on your Linux box, you have to
    give the CS machine permission to connect it's X clients to your X
    server.

    At your bash or csh prompt, type "xhost +schubert" or whatever other
    machine you want your X clients to run from.

2.  Telnet to the remote CS machine, get to your csh prompt and type:
    "setenv DISPLAY slipxx.cs.colostate.edu:0.0"

3.  Now, you can run any X client from the remote machine's csh prompt
    you have in your telnet connection.  For example, you can even run
    netscape on handel and surf the web, if your hobbies include
    watching the RD/SD lights on your modem blink endlessly.

I don't know if it is possible to go the other way - start your
machine's SLIP/PPP connection, run to the CS lab, go to a workstation
there, type "xhost +slipxx", telnet to slipxx, set your machine's
DISPLAY variable, and start running xclients that display on the CS
workstation - I've never tried it, but I don't know why you'd want to.
Any client more complex than an xterm would be way too slow to run over
a 14.4 or 28.8 SLIP connection.

Good luck,

Doug

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