[Info-vax] X-terminals again

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <d810a945-bd4c-4edb-aa1e-14b99c13a387 at s14g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>,
	tadamsmar <tadamsmar at yahoo.com> writes:
> On Jan 14, 12:43 pm, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>> In article <496e22d2$0$22127$ba620... at nova.planet.nl>,
>>         Wilm Boerhout <w6.boerh... at planet.nl> writes:
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>> > tadamsmar vaguely mentioned on 13-1-2009 22:15:
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>> > ¨snip*
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>> >>> 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?
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>> > 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.
>>
>> Surely people here don't honestly expect users to actually do something
>> like this to run X-windows today?  Even VMS has supported XDM for quite
>> some time.
>>
>> bill
>>
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> How would I use XDM?

I am pretty sure it depends on your IP Stack but I think all of them
support it.  User gets a login screen and everything is GUI from there.


bill

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