Re: [Linux-decnet-user] Duffer's guide

[Mats M. <mat...@te...>]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:26:38 +0100 Nick Holder <nic...@ip...> wrote:

NH> A quick X question though....
NH> 
NH> >You can use X-Windows from OpenVMS to Linux if you build
NH> >your X-Server with DECnet support or download one. This 
NH> >makes Linux into an excellent (and cheap!) X-terminal for 
NH> >VMS as well as Unix. It is also possible to display Linux 
NH> >X programs on a VMS workstation using DECnet. 
NH> 
NH> OK - so I install a new XF86 file to /usr/X11R6/bin (from your pre-compiled
NH> downloads) to update it to decnet capable.
NH> 
NH> How do I start a remote X-session??

I think that you find ansvers to the VMS-related part of that question in the
comp.sys.vms FAQ.

I haven't actually tried to display anything on a remote decnet X server from vms,
but I have tried it on tcp/ip, and that is explained in the FAQ.