Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!helios!diamond!rajeshg From: rajeshg@diamond.tamu.edu (Rajesh Godbole) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: A Basic Question about running a slow machine like an X terminal Keywords: X terminal Message-ID: <6402@helios.TAMU.EDU> Date: 7 Jul 90 19:45:32 GMT References: <9739@discus.technion.ac.il> Sender: usenet@helios.TAMU.EDU Reply-To: rajeshg@diamond.tamu.edu (Rajesh Godbole) Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Lines: 18 and it is, is it possible to run both the X server and the clients remotely from another machine? if it is'nt then how would i set it up so that a 3/50 would run the server on it and all the other clients including the window manager remotely from a 3/260 when X is started. the 3/50 takes forever to start X, so it would be nice to have it running like an X terminal. i've tried putting in rsh commands in the .xinitrc file and also using the startx script with the rsh command, but it hasn't worked, X hangs on me. Thanks in advance, Rajesh Godbole, | preferred: rajeshg@diamond.tamu.edu Department of Electrical Engineering. | otherwise: godbole@eemips.tamu.edu Texas A&M University, College Station. | (409) 696-9528. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------