I am overwhelmed by the responses. My thanks goes out to all that helped
out.
Problem:
I want to use the linux desktop in operations to administer the Tru64
Boxes in the server room.
Solutions:
A) This can be solved easily, just type
X -bpp <bit_per_pixel> -query <ip_addr_of_Tru64_server>
or if you're using a graphical display already, switch to
a character terminal (by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1, for example)
and type
X -bpp <bit_per_pixel> -query <ip_addr_of_Tru64_server> :1
This will present you a virtual desktop, as if you were sitting
in front of the Tru64's graphics display. Another method, if you
are using the X-window of your Linux: log in (to your Linux),
open a terminal window, type
xhost +<ip_addr_of_Tru64_server> // at your Linux
telnet <ip_addr_of_Tru64_server> // at your Linux
DISPLAY=<ip_addr_of_Linux>:0 ; export DISPLAY // at Tru64,
assuming you use
sh, ksh or bash
and when you start programs (e.g. dxaccounts), only the
started application's window will be displayed at your
Linux box. (Opposed to the former solution, which gives
you the whole desktop.)
Regards,
Nagy Akos (from
Hungary)
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B)
it's both...on the linux box, do an
xhost +
or limit it to the alphaserver if you like...on the alpha in the
computer room, do
DISPLAY=linuxbox:0.0
export DISPLAY
where "linuxbox" is the hostname or IP address of your workstation...
Then you can open a telnet session to the alphaserver, and any X-apps
you run will display on your workstation...you don't really want the
CDE, do
you? KDE or Gnome are so much better in a workstation environment...
Shoot, for that matter, if all you're really looking for is command-line
access or Sysman Menu, you can get command-line from a regular xterm
window
under Linux, and you can do:
sysman -ui cui
to get the character-cell-based version of sysman via telnet...
Hope all this helps.
Cheers,
Ed.
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C)
Hi,
Tru64 is ready for that what you want.
Just have a look at the 'dtlogin' manpage.
Using the Linux machine as a X-Terminal, is a nice thing.
A good source of information is the XDM and X Terminal mini-HOWTO
URL:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/other-formats/html_single/XDM-Xterm.html
greetings
bernd
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Thanks again to all for their help.
Kevin Binda
Received on Wed Jan 09 2002 - 14:58:25 NZDT