>From: support@engr.orst.edu
>> Hello,
>> Dr Minoura mentioned during class that ReflectionX and
>> XWin32 is an alternative to using regular telnet. Do
>> you see any problem in accessing the unix servers via
>> X? Are there any gochas?
>
>Well, some ways of accessing the unix servers via X will
>work and others won't. We don't offer XDMCP to machines
>off campus. XDMCP is what would allow you to get the login
>screen and the whole environment. Instead, you can just run
>individual X applications and display to your PC.
>
>What I recommend is:
>
>installing and using ssh. Currently, terra term's ssh
>implementation might work best. Sometime (this summer?),
>we will be upgrading to ssh version 2, at which point you'd
>need a different ssh client on your PC.
>
>Anyway, if you install and use ssh, select the 'forward X11'
>configuration option.
>
>Start your X server program (Reflection or Xwin32), then ssh
>to an ENGR machine (access.engr.orst.edu). If your X server
>is setup and if your ssh is forwarding X11, then you should be
>ready to go. Just start up an X application and you _should_ be
>running. If you check your environment with 'echo $DISPLAY', you
>should see that the display variable is set the the ENGR unix
>machine name and some higher display. Like flop.engr.orst.edu:4.0
>This is a virtual X server that is tunneled through ssh back to
>your PC at home.
>
>> I have a cable modem connection from home. It would
>> be really great if I can log in to flop with X and do
>> some of my applet programming assignments from home :)
>
>The only other thing to add is that I have have bad experiences
>running some java applications remotely. You might want to
>do some work at school -- and when some basic things work, try
>them from home. Just so you aren't stuck getting the basics to
>work from home...
>
>I hope that helps.
>
>toml
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