srs@ticnj.UUCP (Scott Strool) (04/20/91)
Does anybody no of a program that has the functionality of wall that can be used with X Terminals. Our administrator runs a wall to alert users of a system coming down and since I don't have a console I never see it. Such a program should be able to display any message to an X DISPLAY. Thanks, -- Scott Strool (908) 747-4700 srs@iex.com IEX Corporation 125 Half Mile Rd. "Strange but not a Stranger" Red Bank, NJ 07701
gildea@expo.lcs.mit.EDU (Stephen Gildea) (04/22/91)
Does anybody no of a program that has the functionality of wall that can
be used with X Terminals.
Sounds like Zephyr, a window messaging system from MIT Project Athena,
would fit the bill here. Using Zephyr you can send "windowgrams" to
individual users, classes of users, or everyone logged in.
< Stephengeer@irc.cbm.DEC.COM (04/23/91)
> Does anybody no of a program that has the functionality of wall that > can be used with X Terminals. Our administrator runs a wall to alert > users of a system coming down and since I don't have a console I never > see it. Such a program should be able to display any message to an X > DISPLAY. For this, I'd suggest you mail to info-zephyr@athena.mit.edu or, more generally, info-athena@athena.mit.edu and repeat your question. Daniel E. Geer, Jr., Sc.D., Technical Director Innovation Technology Resource Center External Research Program Digital Equipment Corporation 1 Kendall Square - Bldg. 1400 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141 Email: geer@crl.dec.com Telephone: 617-621-7443 FAX: 617-621-7423
tim@cs.wisc.edu (Tim Theisen) (04/23/91)
In article <1024@ticnj.UUCP>, srs@ticnj.UUCP (Scott Strool) writes: |> Does anybody no of a program that has the functionality of wall that can |> be used with X Terminals. Our administrator runs a wall to alert users of |> a system coming down and since I don't have a console I never see it. |> Such a program should be able to display any message to an X DISPLAY. Sure! I wrote a program called xwall. It was written to avoid problems with not seeing wall messages in buried or iconified windows. It also gets rid of the annoying problem of the same wall message being written to a dozen windows on your display. It also traps console messages on Ultrix and BSD derived systems. There are two parts to xwall. The xwall daemon, xwalld, connects to the display and waits for xwall messages or console messages. Xwalld will automatically reestablish lost connections to the X server. Xwall passes messages to xwalld via selections. To fully utilize xwall, a modified /bin/wall from the 4.3 BSD distribution is provided. xwall is available from shorty.cs.wisc.edu as pub/xwall.tar.Z. xwall is also available from export.lcs.mit.edu as contrib/xwall.tar.Z. -- Tim Theisen Department of Computer Sciences Systems Programmer University of Wisconsin-Madison tim@cs.wisc.edu 1210 West Dayton Street (608)262-0438 Madison, WI 53706
jmd@ursa.UUCP (Josh Diamond) (04/25/91)
In article <9104221502.AA00254@alex.lcs.mit.edu> gildea@expo.lcs.mit.EDU (Stephen Gildea) writes: > > Does anybody no of a program that has the functionality of wall that can > be used with X Terminals. > >Sounds like Zephyr, a window messaging system from MIT Project Athena, >would fit the bill here. Using Zephyr you can send "windowgrams" to >individual users, classes of users, or everyone logged in. > > < Stephen I am certain that many of us out here would like to get our grubby little paws on this beast. How can we get it? Is it available for anonymous FTP? Thanks in advance... Josh Diamond AKA Spidey!!! -- /\ \ / /\ Josh Diamond / NOTE THE \ jmd%ursa@ctr.columbia.edu //\\ .. //\\ AKA Spidey!!! \ NEW ADDRESS! / ...!ctr.columbia.edu!ursa!jmd //\(( ))/\\ / < `' > \ Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. -- Michaelangelo
gildea@expo.lcs.mit.EDU (Stephen Gildea) (04/26/91)
>Sounds like Zephyr, a window messaging system from MIT Project Athena, >would fit the bill here. Using Zephyr you can send "windowgrams" to >individual users, classes of users, or everyone logged in. > > < Stephen Is it available for anonymous FTP? Yes, you can get Zephyr via anonymous FTP from athena-dist.mit.edu. < Stephen MIT X Consortium
dennisg@kgw1.xetron.COM (Dennis Glatting) (05/01/91)
In article <14589@ursa.UUCP>, jmd@ursa.UUCP (Josh Diamond) writes: |> In article <9104221502.AA00254@alex.lcs.mit.edu> gildea@expo.lcs.mit.EDU (Stephen Gildea) writes: |> > |> > Does anybody no of a program that has the functionality of wall that can |> > be used with X Terminals. |> > |> >Sounds like Zephyr, a window messaging system from MIT Project Athena, |> >would fit the bill here. Using Zephyr you can send "windowgrams" to |> >individual users, classes of users, or everyone logged in. |> > |> > < Stephen |> |> I am certain that many of us out here would like to get our grubby |> little paws on this beast. |> pardon my ignorance but doesn't one need the UNIX and BSD sources to implement Zephyr??? -- ..!uunet!kgw2!dennisg | Dennis P. Glatting dennisg@Xetron.COM | so?
gildea@expo.lcs.mit.EDU (Stephen Gildea) (05/06/91)
pardon my ignorance but doesn't one need the UNIX and BSD sources to
implement Zephyr???
Zephyr is layered on top of X and BSD sockets; system sources are not
necessary. Even more interestingly, it is already implemented and
available from MIT, so all you have to do is install it.
< Stephen
MIT X Consortium