XFree86 by remote

[Brad Cox]

vmware won't work in full screen mode across the network, but you can't
have everything.

Insecure, but quick method:
Log into OFFICEPRO; run xhost ODYSSEUS; telnet to ODYSSEUS; set the DISPLAY
environment value to OFFICEPRO:0 [1]; then run the vmware program.

Secure method:
Install ssh [2] on both machines, making sure that "X11Forwarding" is set to
"yes" in the config file [3]; log into OFFICEPRO; ssh to ODYSSEUS; and
run the vmware program.

[1] bash: export DISPLAY=OFFICEPRO:0
    tcsh: setenv DISPLAY OFFICEPRO:0

[2] RH: ftp://ftp.sonic.net/pub/users/kb1czq/Linux/openss*
	This isn't the latest version, try http://rufus.w3.org
    Debian: the package name is "ssh"

[3] /etc/ssh/sshd_config

-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?

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Brad Cox, KB1CZQ	http://www.linuxbofh.com	brad at linuxbofh.com
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