How do I use MI/X to start an X session with a remote host?
Start MI/X. Telnet to the remote host. Set the DISPLAY environment variable on the remote host to the machine you are running MI/X on. For example on Solaris (running csh): setenv DISPLAY mymachine:0.0 or failing that: setenv DISPLAY my.machine’s.ip.number:0.0 (running BASH): export DISPLAY=mymachine:0.0 or failing that: export DISPLAY=my.machine’s.ip.number:0.0 replacing “my.machines’s.ip.number” with the actual IP number of the local machine running MI/X. After this, you can launch whatever X applications you wish on your remote host and they will display on the machine running MI/X. To invoke a command shell try: xterm & When the xterm comes up you can close the telnet session. The commands may differ on various flavors of UNIX.
Start MI/X. Telnet to the remote host. Set the DISPLAY environment variable on the remote host to the machine you are running MI/X on. For example on Solaris (running csh): setenv DISPLAY mymachine:0.0 or failing that: setenv DISPLAY my.machine’s.ip.number:0.0 (and if you’re running BASH): export DISPLAY=mymachine:0.0 or failing that: export DISPLAY=my.machine’s.ip.number:0.0 replacing “my.machines’s.ip.number” with the actual IP number of the local machine running MI/X. After this, you can launch whatever X applications you wish on your remote host and they will display on the machine running MI/X. To invoke a command shell try: xterm When the xterm comes up you can close the telnet session. The commands may differ on various flavors of UNIX.
