Exporting Display of an HP9000 Server to an HP9000 Workstation

[Gunther Schulze]

Does anyone know how you can easily export the CDE environment from an HP9000 server to an HP9000 workstation?

I have an rp4440 with no graphics head. I have a b2600 workstation that I want to use as a CDE console. How would I go about accessing the rp4440's CDE environment with the workstation?

Thanks!

[RolandH · Accepted solution]

Do a command line login in your Workstation.
as root

# X -query -once

Thats it

Roland

[Patrick Wallek]

From your workstation:

1) In a window on the workstation: 'xhost + 1.2.3.4' or 'xhost + sysname' where 1.2.3.4 is the IP of the rp4440 or sysname is the system name of the rp4440
2) telnet or ssh to rp4440
3) At the prompt on the rp4440: 'export DISPLAY=1.2.3.4:0.0' or 'export DISPLAY=sysname' here 1.2.3.4 is the IP of the rp4440 or sysname is the system name of the rp4440
4) Now invoke any GUI tools.

[Devender Khatana]

Hi,

It can be achived with both above mentioned procedures. But it is not really worth to use a B2600 workstation as a CDE console, as now a days there are many very cheap solutions available through which you can use normal desktops/laptops as graphical console.

These products include Exceed/X manager and all. If not even that you can use a linux PC without anything extra as a graphical console.

This is just a share of ideas. Choice is yours.

HTH,
Devender