[Info-vax] VMS on remote desktops

[John E. Malmberg]

On 11/1/2010 2:40 PM, FredK wrote:
>
> So, I have set myself a modest goal to look at providing a more seamless
> integration of the remote desktop (Linux PC, thin client, etc) for the VMS
> developer and user - with input from the community and without blindly
> making my own assumptions about useage.  From a "cookbook" to changes to the
> DECwindows code, setup, or documentation, or more.  We'll see where it goes.

Hello Fred,

I will follow up with more details later, but here is it in a nutshell 
as I am short on time.

I have used Reflection X with VMS as a font server, NO CDE, just launch 
filevue and launch applications from it.  With out the font server, a 
lot of issues with fonts.

The big problem is that I usually can not keep Microsoft Windows systems 
up for more than a week, and X-11 does not tolerate the client going away.

I built Alexie's port of the X11 TO VNC server in the ported list at a 
link off of openvms.org.  The port is missing several features that 
would make it more usable.

The big problem is that it occasionally locks up the DECWindows server, 
and restarting the DECWindows server can bugcheck or hang VMS in high 
IPL, which I am not currently equipped to debug.

With Decterms, I am running into two problems.

1. The common escape sequence used to query if a terminal is an xterm 
hangs the decterm session.

2. Unix applications seem to assume that a terminal can grok UTF-8 
characters.

I have planned to look at XCINERAMA on a Linux host to try to get around 
the issues, possibly RDP to the Linux host to see the VMS desktop.

-John
wb8tyw at qsl.network
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