[Info-vax] X-terminals again

tadamsmar tadamsmar at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 14 14:39:21 EST 2009


On Jan 14, 12:37 pm, Wilm Boerhout <w6.boerh... at planet.nl> wrote:
> tadamsmar vaguely mentioned on 13-1-2009 22:15:
>
> ¨snip*
>
> >> Use any X11 display server software.
> >> Put DEFINE DECW$IGNORE_WORKSTATION into the VMS SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM (that
> >> is, if VMS does not have it's own X11 graphical interface.
>
> > I am not sure what you mean by "if VMS does not have it's own X11
> > graphical interface."  All my units are workstations with a terminal
> > plugged it.  We need a few other X-terminals to run over the ethernet
> > on one of the workstations.
>
> > Should I add that line to startup or not?
>
> This line should be put in the startup file only if you want to use an
> external (to VMS) X11 display server, such as xCursion on a PC.
>
> If your VMS node itself is a X11 display server (as it appears to be),
> do not put the line in. Just point your external application to display
> on your node. How to do that depends on what the other system is. If
> it's also VMS, just do a
>
> $ SET DISP /CREATE [/PERM] /NODE=<yournode> /TRANSP=TCPIP
> $ CREATE /TERM /DETACHED
>
> from your remode node, and the X-terminal window will appear.
>
> Sorry, I no longer have access to the original posting, so I´m not sure
> whethers this is relevant.
>
> /Wilm

The remote node is a PC running some version of Windows.

What do I have to have running on the remote node to make this work?



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