XFree86 by remote

[E Frank Ball]

This isn't the solution you asked for, but something to think about:
Run one machine with Linux, run the other with windows.  Use VNC to
export the windows display to a window on the Linux box.  It's a little
slow, but that's what I do at work.

} vmware won't work in full screen mode across the network, but you can't
} have everything.
} -Brad
} 
} On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 12:56:39AM -0400, Lincoln Peters wrote:
} > Here's my situation:
} > One computer, called OFFICEPRO, is a Pentium/166MHz with 80MB RAM
} > Another, called ODYSSEUS, is an Athlon 1GHz with 256MB RAM.  They are
} > connected by a 100BaseTX LAN.  Both are running Red Hat Linux 7.0.
} > 
} > I want to use VMWare to run Windows NT, Windows 98, and Linux without
} > dual-booting on both computers.  I have tried VMWare on both under the
} > evaluation license.  OFFICEPRO simply is not powerful enough to run it, but
} > ODYSSEUS runs it fine.  However, most of my family would like to use it on
} > OFFICEPRO.
} > 
} > Basically, I want to run VMWare in an on ODYSSEUS, but make it appear on
} > OFFICEPRO's monitor in either its own X session or within a local X session.
} > I'm pretty sure that this can be done, but I've never done it before and I
} > couldn't find any clear instructions on the XFree86 web site or in the man
} > pages.  Anyone know how to do this?

   E Frank Ball                efball at efball.com