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- From: penev@venezia (Penio Penev)
- Subject: Re: How can I rlogin with the DISPLAY envar propagated?
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- Organization: Rockefeller University
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 11:43:58 GMT
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- Penio Penev (penev@venezia) wrote:
- : Hi sgi netters,
- :
- : I work on a X terminal, connected to a network of Indigos (4.0.1) and a
- : Crimson(4.0.4). Usually I connect to a certain host and start Xsgi and 4Dwm
- : from it. As long as I work on the same host, My DISPLAY points
- : correctly to my Xterminal. When I wont to do computations on a
- : different machine though, I have to rlogin there and start and monitor
- : the job. The problem is that I no longer have my DISPLAY properly
- : pointed at and certain X features (for example the -keymap option of
- : xwsh) do not work.
- :
- : I do not want to use telnet, becuse It doesn't understand euivalent
- : hosts.
- :
- : The man pages, say that the inclusion of DISPLAY propagation is in the
- : to-do list. Is there a newer version of rlogin, which does this? Or is
- : there a known workaround? Can I use telnet, perhaps with some options
- : to setup equivalent hosts and/or users?
- :
- : I feel, that this may be a problem for any user, which has the DISPLAY
- : different from the REMOTEHOST, presumably all who use Xterminals.
- :
- : Any info would be greatly appreciated.
- :
- : -- Penio.
- :
-
- Thank You very much for the suggestions. Besides the folowups I got
- one email also.
-
- There seem to be two basic methods for doing this. 1) Transmit
- additional information in the TERM envar. 2) Use the rsh to connext
- and then invoke xterm/winterm/xwsh with the -display option.
-
- The first method is more general in the sense, that You may adapt it
- to trasmit any information to the remote host.
-
- The second one transmits oly the $DIPSPLAY envar, but is good, that it
- lives the -e(xecuite) option of xwsh free for launching an application
- on the remote machine. This again leaves room for transmitting any
- information to the remote host (via the application launched).
-
- I personaly chose the 'rsh host xwsh -display $DISPLAY -e app_name',
- since I usually do this from toolchest or 4Dwm.
-
- I would suggest the two workarounds to be included in the man page of
- rlogin in the BUGS: section.
-
- Thank You again!
-
- -- Penio.
-