friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US (Steve Friedl) (10/01/90)
Hi folks,
We just got an EN100 NAU Starlan 10 network board for our
6386 machine and are thinking about getting X Window Open Look
for it. I have been told by a generally reliable source that
X works over Starlan but not over Ethernet (we are using the
cheapernet tap). Is there any truth to this? Can one fire up
a client on an X terminal? Note that I know very very little
about the whole X and networking game (but learning fast), so
please forgive me if this is a ridiculous question.
Also, what are avenues for getting the Motif widget set
running somehow on the 386 running AT&T UNIX?
Steve
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"There are no technical problems that marketing can't overcome" - Gary W. Keefefriedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US (Steve Friedl) (10/05/90)
I write: > I have been told by a generally reliable source that X works over > Starlan but not over Ethernet (we are using the cheapernet tap). I have since found out that my source is not so reliable. It turns out that the Open Look stuff comes expecting to talk to the Interlan TCP/IP driver via /dev/it (found in the Xconnections file), and the Wollongong driver uses /dev/tcp instead. Changing this around fixed everything. Thanks to the several people who sent notes saying that this was possible, and especially to Viet Hoang from AT&T Denver whose several email notes helped us make it all work. I love the net. Steve -- Stephen J. Friedl, KA8CMY / I speak for me only / Tustin, CA / 3B2-kind-of-guy +1 714 544 6561 / friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US / {uunet,attmail}!mtndew!friedl "There are no technical problems that marketing can't overcome" - Gary W. Keefe
jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden) (10/14/90)
In article <539@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US> friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US (Steve Friedl) writes: >I write: >> I have been told by a generally reliable source that X works over >> Starlan but not over Ethernet (we are using the cheapernet tap). > StarLan IS ethernet. Starlan 1 is IEEE 802.3 1base2 and Starlan 10 is IEEE 802.3 10baseT......So much for 'reliable' sources :-) -- John Robert Breeden, netcom!jbreeden@apple.com, apple!netcom!jbreeden, ATTMAIL:!jbreeden ------------------------------------------------------------------- "The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from. If you don't like any of them, you just wait for next year's model."