Peter Popov wrote:

> Can anyone please explain to me how to set up a remote X server? I
> have a X server on my Windows machine and I want to run some X apps
> from my blind Linux box. Any idea what I should do? If anyone cares to
> help, what information will you need? TIA.
>

Well, if your Windows machine is named "flakeybox", then you'd telnet to
your remote box and do the following (assuming you're using the bash
shell):

export DISPLAY=flakeybox:0.0
x-povray foo.ini +D +SP128


Of course, the Windows X-server has to be set to accept connections from
your remote box. Once you have authorization on the X-server and then set
DISPLAY on the remote box (via export or setenv or some such call), then
the rest is easy. Oh, you might also do this one:

xterm &


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