From: gnuwin32 AT niteroi DOT gsfc DOT nasa DOT gov (GNU Win32) Subject: Re: X server? telnet? rlogin? 15 Apr 1998 07:14:57 -0700 Message-ID: <199804141154.HAA06356.cygnus.gnu-win32@woodmore.gsfc.nasa.gov> References: <23AE7DA9B3A9D11197CC00A0C99D758F2F5630 AT ca-exchange3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: manin AT pobox DOT com Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Hi, > > Please excuse me if this is a silly or obvious question. > > I downloaded precompiled X11R6.3 from Andy Piper's site > (ftp://ftp.parallax.co.uk/pub/andyp/x11.tar.gz), and I couldn't find > an X server in the package. That is, when an exceed server is running > on my machine (NT 4.0 workstation), xlogo starts fine from a bash shell, > but when I try xinit without exceed server running, it wants me to point > it to an X server (with exceed running, twm complains that there's > already a window manager, which is correct, I suppose!) Just start exceed and then your X clients. No need to tinker with xinit, unless you want to use another window manager (such as fvwm2 or mwm), but if you have exceed I don't see a great need for it. > > The question is: is there an X server for win32, is it included in X11 > distribution, and if not, where can I get one? > > Another problem I have is that xterm (from X11 distribution above) wouldn't > run, even if exceed is running: xterm says > > Failed to open input method > xterm: unable to find usable termcap entry > There is a free X server from MicroImages; if you have exceed by all means use it instead of the free one. For xterm you need a /etc/termcap file. For additional info consult: http://dao.gsfc.nasa.gov/software/grads/win32/X11R6.3 BTW, the standard "xterm" on the distribution above uses GNU termcap 1.3 (from the error msg above it appears that Andy's version uses termcap as well). I have also recompiled "xterm" with ncurses: ftp://dao.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/uwm_coads/X11R6.3/xterm_ncurses.tar.gz You will need to have the terminfo data base installed on /usr/local/share/terminfo. This works a little better with "less", but I don't seem able to use "vim" or "vile" with more than 25 lines, no matter what I set LINES or TERM to - this is true for both termcap and ncurses versions. > Finally, a totally unrelated question: there's no telnet or rlogin client in > > b19 -- why, and where can I get one? > Get remote.tar.gz from Sergey's site: http://www.lexa.ru/sos Good Luck, -- Arlindo da Silva dasilva AT alum DOT mit DOT edu - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".