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From: oneel@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov ( Bruce Oneel )
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Subject: Re: decwindows displaying on sun ( from vax )
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Date: 4 Jun 91 18:02:37 GMT
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In-reply-to: jdr@sloth.mlb.semi.harris.com's message of 4 Jun 91 17:11:33 GMT

In article <1991Jun4.171133.27944@mlb.semi.harris.com> jdr@sloth.mlb.semi.harris.com (Jim Ray) writes:

   Anyone been able to use the "set display" to allow displaying
   decwindows ( or motif ) on a sun ( or other tcp/ip ) workstation using
   TCP/IP as tranport?


   When I try to "set display/permanent/transport=tcpip ..."  I get
   an error.  I looked at the help info, and it wasn't much help.

   Am I trying to do something that is not possible?

   Thanks, in advance..

I'm doing just what you want as I speak.

Systems

Vax -- different ones, all on internet, all with multinet.

Sun -- 4.0.3 and 4.1.1, all on internet.

On the sun

% xhost <vax name here>

On the vax

$ set display/create/host=<sun name here>/transport=tcpip
$ spawn/nowait/input=nl: run sys$system:decw$session

dec windows starts up.

The one trick is that the multinet installation gives you the option
to/not to install the "driver" for this.  You need to install it on
the vax and reboot it.

bruce

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Bruce O'Neel              oneel@heasfs.gsfc.nasa.gov
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