[comp.archives] [xpert] Re: A tool to monitor X traffic between client and server

mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) (04/04/91)

Archive-name: internet/noctools/mouse-xscope/1991-04-01
Archive-directory: larry.mcrcim.mcgill.ca:/X/xscope.src/ [132.206.1.1]
Original-posting-by: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse)
Original-subject: Re:  A tool to monitor X traffic between client and server
Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN)

> I'm looking for a tool to monitor traffic between an X client and
> server.  I heard that there was a utility called xscope, when I
> brought it over it had something to do with signal processing.

There are two things called xscope.  One is the oscilloscopeish thing
you have, the other is the thing you want.  (A somewhat confusing state
of affairs, I grant you.)

I am not sure where the "official" place to get the xscope you want is.
I obviously located one at some point, because I have it working here.
I do not recall where I got it, alas.  I had to touch it up slightly to
persuade it to run in the background; if anyone wants to ftp my
modified version, it's on 132.206.1.1 in the files found in
X/xscope.src/.

According to what internal evidence I can find (there's no contact
address or signature in the README), the author is one James L.
Peterson of MCC.  Make of that what you will.

					der Mouse

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