chapman@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Carol Chapman) (09/27/90)
Thank you to everyone who sent me suggestions on how to run an X client on a UNIX VAX and display it on a VMS VAXstation 3100. For others wishing to try this, here's what is necessary if you're using the DECwindows session manager and VMS 5.3 with TCP/IP: 1. On the VMS end of things: your workstation must have a file called sys$sysroot:[sysmgr]decw$private_server_setup.com. If the file is not there (mine wasn't), make a copy of another file in that same directory called decw$private_server_setup.template and modify it. Within the file, your workstation node must be listed and tcpip must be listed as a method of transport. After getting this file all set up, you must have your system administrator stop and then restart DECwindows. It is not enough to just log out and then back on. 2. On the VMS end: In the Security submenu of the Customize menu of the session manager, set Node = full name of UNIX computer (e.g. lll-crg.llnl.gov, not just crg); set username = * (I couldn't get this to work using my account name here); set transport = tcpip (no '/'). 3. On the UNIX end: For a program (client) named foo that is to be displayed on workstation my_vax type: foo -display my_vax:0.0 That should do it! carol chapman Carol Chapman Tel. (415) 423-7876 Livermore National Laboratory chapman@lll-crg.llnl.gov P. O. Box 808, L-572 "Are you in charge here?" Livermore, CA 94550 "No, but I'm full of ideas!" -- Dr. Who