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From: ROB%UNB.CA@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: IBM X for PS/2
Message-ID: <ID6151.D900204.T203231.ROB@UNB.CA>
Date: 5 Feb 90 00:32:30 GMT
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On  Thu, 1 Feb 90 21:19:24 GMT  "Peter C. Bahrs"
<samsung!rex!rouge!gator!pcb@THINK.COM> writes:

> Has anyone tried (successfully) to get IBM's X Windows for DOS
> working?  This is the one where the PC basically becomes ax X
> terminal.
> When I invoke xondos and telnet to an IBM RT, I invoke aixterm &, exit
> and I see "socket reset" flash on the screen.  Then I get an X
> background and nothing happens.
>
try:
telnet othermachine
..normal logon...
nohup aixterm dosmachine:0 &
exit
xondos   (after a short wait you should get an X display)
aixwm &
Your problem may be in failing to get the name:display of the
dos machine correct when invoking aixterm.