rdong@MSRI.ORG (Rui - Tao Dong) (06/25/91)
In article <1991Jun24.161957.648@ohmeda.com> paulo@ohmeda.com (Paul Ourada) writes: >Hi again. I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions and tips wrt >launching remote X applications. It seems, that my problem was specifically >the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. I will cover the entire procedure >below for those other newcomers like myself. > >setenv OPENWINHOME /usr/openwin >setenv FONTPATH $OPENWINHOME/lib/fonts >setenv HELPPATH $OPENWINHOME/lib/help >setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $OPENWINHOME/lib:/usr/lib >setenv MANPATH $OPENWINHOME/share/man:/usr/man > >when you rlogin or rsh, set the DISPLAY env var thusly: > >setenv DISPLAY "you host name":0.0 > >Scott Brim <swb@MITCHELL.CIT.CORNELL.EDU> gave me the following script which he calls rx: > >--------------------------------- >#!/bin/sh - > >host=$1 ; shift > >case $DISPLAY in >:0|:0.0|unix:0|unix:0.0) xhost $host >/dev/null ; DISPLAY=`hostname`:0 >esac > >rsh -n $host "sh -c 'DISPLAY=$DISPLAY $@ >/dev/null 2>&1&'" > >---------------------------------- > >I haven't tried it yet, so I can't tell you if it works, but Scott seems like a >nice guy...:-) He says that his officemate has a more complicated one. > > >Again, thanks to all that have replied. It has been an uplifting experience. > >Paul E. Ourada >Software Engineer >Ohmeda Monitoring Systems >paulo@ohmeda.com > > I wrote a shellscript, which I call xrlogin. It will set DISPLAY for plain X and NEWSSERVER as well for xnews. You need to put the following on top of your .login. ------------------------------------------------- set switch=($term) switch($#switch) case 3: setenv NEWSSERVER $switch[3] case 2: setenv DISPLAY $switch[2] default: setenv TERM $switch[1] endsw unset switch setenv OPENWINHOME /usr/openwin if ( $?NEWSSERVER == 1 ) then setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $OPENWINHOME/lib:/usr/lib setenv PATH .:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb:$OPENWINHOME/bin:$OPENWINHOME/bin/xview:$OPENWINHOME/demo:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/bin:/bin setenv MANPATH $OPENWINHOME/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/man eval `svenv -env -csh` else setenv PATH .:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/bin:/bin:$OPENWINHOME/bin:$OPENWINHOME/bin/xview:$OPENWINHOME/demo setenv MANPATH /usr/local/man:/usr/man:$OPENWINHOME/man endif ------------------------------------------------- The following is the script for xrlogin. ------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh case "X$DISPLAY" in Xunix:*) : ${HOSTNAME=`hostname`} DISPLAY=`echo "$DISPLAY" | sed -e "s/^unix:/${HOSTNAME}:/"` ;; X:*) : ${HOSTNAME=`hostname`} DISPLAY="$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY" ;; esac TERM=${TERM}${DISPLAY:+" $DISPLAY"}${NEWSSERVER:+" $NEWSSERVER"}; export TERM exec rlogin "$@" -------------------------------------------------------------- Hope this helps. Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rui - Tao Dong | (415) 237 - 7628 (H) Math Sci Research Inst | (415) 643 - 6048 (O) 1000 Centennial Drive | (415) 643 - 5348 (Fax) Berkeley, CA 94720 | rdong@borel.msri.org
rdong@borel.msri.org (Rui - Tao Dong) (06/25/91)
In article <1991Jun24.161957.648@ohmeda.com> paulo@ohmeda.com (Paul Ourada) writes: >Hi again. I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions and tips wrt >launching remote X applications. It seems, that my problem was specifically >the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. I will cover the entire procedure >below for those other newcomers like myself. > >setenv OPENWINHOME /usr/openwin >setenv FONTPATH $OPENWINHOME/lib/fonts >setenv HELPPATH $OPENWINHOME/lib/help >setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $OPENWINHOME/lib:/usr/lib >setenv MANPATH $OPENWINHOME/share/man:/usr/man > >when you rlogin or rsh, set the DISPLAY env var thusly: > >setenv DISPLAY "you host name":0.0 > >Scott Brim <swb@MITCHELL.CIT.CORNELL.EDU> gave me the following script which he calls rx: > >--------------------------------- >#!/bin/sh - > >host=$1 ; shift > >case $DISPLAY in >:0|:0.0|unix:0|unix:0.0) xhost $host >/dev/null ; DISPLAY=`hostname`:0 >esac > >rsh -n $host "sh -c 'DISPLAY=$DISPLAY $@ >/dev/null 2>&1&'" > >---------------------------------- > >I haven't tried it yet, so I can't tell you if it works, but Scott seems like a >nice guy...:-) He says that his officemate has a more complicated one. > > >Again, thanks to all that have replied. It has been an uplifting experience. > >Paul E. Ourada >Software Engineer >Ohmeda Monitoring Systems >paulo@ohmeda.com > > I wrote a shellscript, which I call xrlogin. It will set DISPLAY for plain X and NEWSSERVER as well for xnews. You need to put the following on top of your .login. ------------------------------------------------- set switch=($term) switch($#switch) case 3: setenv NEWSSERVER $switch[3] case 2: setenv DISPLAY $switch[2] default: setenv TERM $switch[1] endsw unset switch setenv OPENWINHOME /usr/openwin if ( $?NEWSSERVER == 1 ) then setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $OPENWINHOME/lib:/usr/lib setenv PATH .:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb:$OPENWINHOME/bin:$OPENWINHOME/bin/xview:$OPENWINHOME/demo:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/bin:/bin setenv MANPATH $OPENWINHOME/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/man eval `svenv -env -csh` else setenv PATH .:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/bin:/bin:$OPENWINHOME/bin:$OPENWINHOME/bin/xview:$OPENWINHOME/demo setenv MANPATH /usr/local/man:/usr/man:$OPENWINHOME/man endif ------------------------------------------------- The following is the script for xrlogin. ------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh case "X$DISPLAY" in Xunix:*) : ${HOSTNAME=`hostname`} DISPLAY=`echo "$DISPLAY" | sed -e "s/^unix:/${HOSTNAME}:/"` ;; X:*) : ${HOSTNAME=`hostname`} DISPLAY="$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY" ;; esac TERM=${TERM}${DISPLAY:+" $DISPLAY"}${NEWSSERVER:+" $NEWSSERVER"}; export TERM exec rlogin "$@" -------------------------------------------------------------- Hope this helps. Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rui - Tao Dong | (415) 237 - 7628 (H) Math Sci Research Inst | (415) 643 - 6048 (O) 1000 Centennial Drive | (415) 643 - 5348 (Fax) Berkeley, CA 94720 | rdong@borel.msri.org -- Regards, -------------------------------------------------------------------------