exporting display

[Ionut Grigorescu_2]

Hi,

I'm using a Linux machine to connect to an HP-UX server. I want to know if it's possible to export the whole screen of HP-UX server on my Linux machine's display - something like Reflection X on Windows based systems. With export (or setenv) DISPLAY I can start only an X-Window application on the HP-UX server and view on the Linux screen.
Thank you in advance,
john

[Stefan Farrelly]

Sure, on your Linux machine disable X (probably need to change run level to say 2 or select command line login from X login).

Now, from the shell prompt do;

X -query

This will start X on your Linux box but from the HP server - so you will have the HP CDE Login screen - as if you were using an HP workstation! You can do the same in reverse of course.

[Olav Baadsvik]

Hi,

yes it is possible. You can get a
CDE login-screen from your hp-ux server onto
your Linux machine.

What you do is the following:

on Linux start the x-server like this:
/usr/bin/X11/X -query

where hostname is the hp-ux server

If you have the fonst that CDE requires on
the Linux this will work, if not you
will have to configure the x-server on Linux
to access a font-server on one of your hp-ux
machines.

Olav

[Ionut Grigorescu_2]

Hi, I have tried to modify /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 - I added a line
FontPath "tcp/10.1.30.12:7000"

but still doesn't work : for shutdown the Xs server on Linux I have used init 3 then start it again with X -query 10.1.30.12 and then the display hanged with the sandglass symbol on the screen.

How can I check if the Xfont server runs on HP machine and listen to port 7000?

[Stefan Farrelly]

check the file /etc/rc.config.d/xfs
It should contain;
RUN_X_FONT_SERVER=1

Then run; /sbin/init/.d/xfs start

Now you can see the process; ps -ef|grep xfs

[Alex Glennie]

use the methods above to make the linux box act as an xterminal, to have a true reflection like setup use VNC or Xnest

[Olav Baadsvik · Accepted solution]

Hi, Perform the following steps to provide the CDE fonts:

1. Log in on the HP-UX machine.

2. Edit the configuration file of the font server:
# cd /etc/X11/fs
# vi config
add the directory /usr/dt/config/xfonts/C to the "catalogue"
line (comma seperated list)

3. Copy /usr/dt/config/Xsetup to /etc/dt/config (if it doesn't already exist

4. Edit /etc/dt/config/Xsetup and add the following line at the end of
the file:
$XDIR/xset fp+ tcp/:7000
Example: $XDIR/xset fp+ tcp/192.15.32.5:7000

5. Edit /etc/rc.config.d/xfs and set RUN_X_FONT_SERVER to 1.

6. Restart the font server
# /sbin/init.d/xfs stop
# /sbin/init.d/xfs start

7. Check with the following command that xfs is running:

# ps -ef | grep xfs

8. Log in again on the PC. Check with the command xset -q that
the fontpath now includes a reference to the fonserver. You shuold
find this in the font-path:

tcp/:7000

where ip-adresse is the address to the server you specified in step 4.


Olav

[Ionut Grigorescu_2]

thank you all - case closed.
Alex: I can use VNC, of course, but I don't want to install it on HPUX machine - I use to test some software on it from a third-party and they can claim that their SW doesn't work because of the VNC - stupid, but it can happen.