Re: Perverse application of X11
Re: Perverse application of X11
- Subject: Re: Perverse application of X11
- From: Martin Costabel <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:09:07 +0100
Paul E. Robichaux wrote:
This is going to sound really odd, but I want to use my OS X box as a
front-end to control Oracle (<spit>) applications running on Linux Vmware
machines. When I ssh to one of the Vmware boxes and use the standard "startx"
script, I get a bunch of console spew and no Mac-side windows. Is this
possible? Is there some arcana of XFree86 configuration that I need, or
should I wipe out my Vmware hosts and do a direct installation of Linux and
the apps on them?
You shouldn't run startx on the remote box. Startx starts (or tries to
start) an X server which is not what you want, because you don't want to
dispaly windows on the display of the remote box.
You run the X "server" (the X11.app) on your local box and only the X
"clients", your Oracle applications, on the remote box. Clicking on your
X11.app icon effectively replaces startx.
--
Martin
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