First thing to note here, is a bit of nomenclature. For X windows, the server is the machine with the DISPLAY The client is the one running the program.
I"m going to presume here, that the Linux box is supposed to be the server.
First of all, you need to make sure that the Linux box is allowing connections from the remote machine. If you've already started a window manager (looks like you're using windowmaker,) you do NOT need to start it again from the PC, but you DO need to provide access to the PC from the Linux server
if you have a local xterm running on the PC, try going:
xhost + 192.168.0.2
(presuming that this is the address of the PC). This is the most INsecure way of doing this (read up on xauth for a better way), but it's OK for testing.
if you want to be *really* insecure,
xhost +will allow ANY machine which can get packets to your box to open up a connection.
On the PC, try something simpler than another windowing program, like an xterm, or xclock....
xclock -display 192.168.0.1:(a)
[ I'm presumimg that (a) is replaced by a number...]
Note: if you really want to start windowmaker from the PC, then you should NOT be starting it on the Linux box... You don't want two window managers running at the same time on one (virtual) display.
Juan Facundo Su�rez wrote:
Hi all.
I am trying to set up a remote X conection. And i am reading about XFree86. I will tell you what i understood, and you tell me if i am wrong. I did some tests in my pc. i have started two or more Xfree86 server like this:
$:XFree86 :(a) vt(b)
and after that, run wmaker like this:
$:wmaker -display :(a)
and it worked fine. I think i can do something like this, but running wmaker in another pc on my lan, like:
$:wmaker -display 192.168.0.1:(a)
where 192.168.0.1 is the ip from machine where i started XFree86. I think this shoud start wmaker any pc from my lan, working in host 192.168.0.1. Is this correct?, or need to change something?. what is it?.
Besides, i know about VNC. I have tried it, and it is great how it works windo$/linux platforms crossover. But, if you know about any other way to make remotes X sessions, please, tell me. I will ask you, too, about any window$ X client to work with Xfree86, if there is any.
Thaks !!
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