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TermDescription
HostThe system on which the emulator runs, and also on which the X11 session is displayed
GuestThe emulated system, on which the X11 clients run

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Displaying Graphical Applications Over The Network

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The Cygwin, Xming, and VcXsrv servers are all based on the X-Org open-source XServer. Xming and VcXsrv in particular are very similar. Xming actually has two versions, a current version (7.5.0.77) with bug-fixes and new features, for which a donation (suggested amount: GBP 10) is required. Without making a donation, and getting a donor password, you can only download and older version (6.9.0.31) from sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming). VcXsrv, on the other hand, seems to be relatively current, with bug fixes and new functionality.

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VcXsrv

This article will concentrate on using VcXsrv. Much will also apply to Xming, and to a certain extent, to the Cygwin server.

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where <hostname> is the name the you entered in /etc/hosts for the Host.
This approach may be preferable. If the XDM on Tru64 cannot start the DES, for example because the X-Server is not running on the Host, it will wait patiently until the X-Server becomes ready. When a DES is terminated, Tru64 immediately starts a new one.

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Non-DES Configuration

(info) This part will be described later

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  • Core environment: configure at least one interface, routing, and time zone
  • Client components: enable “REXEC and RSH”, “RLOGIN”, and possible “TELNET” and “FTP Client”. On V7.3-2 enable “SSH Client”.
  • Server Components: enable RLOGIN, and on V7.3-2 SSH and XDM.

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The Hosts Database (V7.1 and V7.3-2)

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On Windows, you will need the “rsh_vista.zip” utility (see links below).

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Remote Execution Using RSH

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This works on V7.1 and V7.3-2. If you only wish to start a single application, such as a DECterm, you can substitute “DECW$TERMINAL” for “DECW$STARTLOGIN” above.

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OpenVMS V7.1

The standard UCX version on VMS V7.1 is 4.1, which does not support XDMCP. You can use the above procedure to start the DES.

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