Sorry for the late summary. Have been extremely busy these days.
Original question:
How can I have a demo displayed on multiple monitors?
Answers: I have attached all the answers below. I have tried only xmx.
It worked but not very nicely. The colors of different displays were
different. However, I found out that I could control pointers on other
displays by setting up xmx accordingly. That drove people nuts. I
didn't even need to be super user to do it. Secure X!
Thanks to all that replied. Sorry if I missed someone.
Sherry
0. From Jim Belonis <belonis_at_dirac.phys.washington.edu>
This may not be 'easy'. You need some public-domain software that
takes X11 events as if it were an X display, and re-sends the X11 events
to multiple real X displays
Examples of such software are
xmx
xlax
xtv
Find them via archie or look on the usual X11 anonymous ftp sites.
I have saved more detailed Usenet messages about their availability
if you can't find any of them. But that was a few years ago.
I actually tried xmx and it worked (but it was only a two-terminal test
for a few minutes on a MIPS computer).
I don't know whether it works on DEC Unix (OSF/1).
1. From Simon Greaves <censjg_at_caledonia.hw.ac.uk>
If the application is an Xterm, or runs in an Xterm, you could use xkibitz
which comes with expect (a tcl based application which simplifies scripting
for interactive tasks)
2. From Arrigo Triulzi <a.triulzi_at_ic.ac.uk>
If it's in X then there is an X "replicator" which I've seen running under
Linux called xmirror - I can't find sources today as our ftp site and
archie server is down but there must be something similar in the x-contrib
on ftp.x.org.
If it's text mode I can't think of anything simpler than redirecting the
output to a file and using tail -f on it from all the screens, if it
contains curses control stuff and all the terminals are the same then it
should work ok.
3. From Herve DEMARTHE <demarthe_at_alpha.cad.cea.fr>
I was once told of an asset (in DEC terminology) named Xspy and
allowing to clone a display on others.
4. From Harald Lundberg <hl_at_tekla.fi>
There are a few window "duplication" programs, HP has SharedX (builtin),
but I personally would choose a "brute force" method: a view splitter.
This is a box with one video input and several video outputs. This suits
out nontechnival salespeople a lot better....
5. From Paul Wood pcwood_at_uniblab.ocis.temple.edu>
If you are using Xwindows, TCL/TK, and expect there is a utility that comes
with expect called xkibitz that does some neat things:
xkibitz - allow multiple people to interact in an xterm
xkibitz allows users in separate xterms to share one shell (or any program
that runs in an xterm).
6. From Alan B. Hanson <abhanson_at_cca.rockwell.com>
We used to use the routine called "Shared-X" on our DEC ULTRIX
boxes, but have not attempted to update the OSF systems yet. We
used it for training and for the most part, worked quit nicely.
Received on Mon Aug 21 1995 - 04:26:58 NZST