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From: Pt. A to Pt. B via VTEC!!
Originally Posted by jedwards,Aug 8 2005, 01:21 PM
All he has to do is take a file from my PC and move it to my Linux server. How hard can that be?
ing Elaine...even she didn't like talking to him!
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Originally Posted by jedwards,Aug 8 2005, 12:04 PM
Yes I use Putty and SSH (per Jack's comment). I'd like to be able to connect and use the 'windows' GUI.
I used xterm on Windows years ago but it was just command line. You can use it like PCAnywhere now? (to see the desktop?)
I used xterm on Windows years ago but it was just command line. You can use it like PCAnywhere now? (to see the desktop?)
There are a few ways to do this:
1. This is what I usually did at my last job:
What you need is an X-Server running on your Windows machine (you configure it so that it doesn't block clients connecting from your Linux machine). You then log in to your Linux machine (using SSH or whatever), specify that your Windows machine is where the X-Server is (export DISPLAY=[windows machine ip]:0.0 or something like that), and then run whatever Linux GUI program you want to run, just as you would any command line program. The program will be executing on the Linux machine, but the UI will be sent over the network to your Windows machine.
2. Using "xdmcp" (?)
This brings your Linux desktop to Windows, as a window within Windows (much like RDP, PCAnywhere, etc). I haven't had much experience with this, but it should be pretty straightforward with cygwin/x as well.
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Originally Posted by S2020,Aug 8 2005, 09:56 AM
I'm gonna use this picture in my office - and call it the "before LASIK" picture...
Hey I WAS 
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at least I dont try to FOCUS when I take um 
Actually I think I HAD zoomed in cuz he was gittin away so quick and datz why its blurry 
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From: This is not my house!
Originally Posted by PeaceLove&S2K,Aug 8 2005, 10:36 AM
Not xterm, John. xterm is just another X-Windows "client." (in xwin terminology, the server is the thing running on the terminal that draws the windows, while the client is the actual application - xcalc, xclock, xterm etc).
There are a few ways to do this:
1. This is what I usually did at my last job:
What you need is an X-Server running on your Windows machine (you configure it so that it doesn't block clients connecting from your Linux machine). You then log in to your Linux machine (using SSH or whatever), specify that your Windows machine is where the X-Server is (export DISPLAY=[windows machine ip]:0.0 or something like that), and then run whatever Linux GUI program you want to run, just as you would any command line program. The program will be executing on the Linux machine, but the UI will be sent over the network to your Windows machine.
2. Using "xdmcp" (?)
This brings your Linux desktop to Windows, as a window within Windows (much like RDP, PCAnywhere, etc). I haven't had much experience with this, but it should be pretty straightforward with cygwin/x as well.
There are a few ways to do this:
1. This is what I usually did at my last job:
What you need is an X-Server running on your Windows machine (you configure it so that it doesn't block clients connecting from your Linux machine). You then log in to your Linux machine (using SSH or whatever), specify that your Windows machine is where the X-Server is (export DISPLAY=[windows machine ip]:0.0 or something like that), and then run whatever Linux GUI program you want to run, just as you would any command line program. The program will be executing on the Linux machine, but the UI will be sent over the network to your Windows machine.
2. Using "xdmcp" (?)
This brings your Linux desktop to Windows, as a window within Windows (much like RDP, PCAnywhere, etc). I haven't had much experience with this, but it should be pretty straightforward with cygwin/x as well.
