[Simh] SIMH/DECWindows/Debian

[Lennert Van Alboom]

The more obvious way would be configuring DECWindows, then connecting to it via
xdmcp. There's a few apps that can do this on Linux - Xnest and Xephyr are the
ones that come to mind.

With Xnest, you just do 

$ Xnest -query my.vax.somedomain :1

And poof, instant (windowed) VAX loginscreen, if it's properly configured on
VMS side. I *think* I had to use Xephyr to run fullscreen and with reduced
security though, when I connected to my VMS desktop. 

Or maybe I'm just mis-interpreting what you're trying to do :-)


Lennert



On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 08:43:29PM -0700, david.d.miller at att.net wrote:
>    Does anyone know of a cookbook for getting DECWindows (on SIMH) and XDM    
>    (on Debian) working?  I've got some pieces, some discussion, but not the   
>    big picture. In a nutshell, I've concluded:                                
>                                                                               
>    1. I have to License/Install/Configure TCPIP and the XDM server on SIMH    
>    VAX.                                                                       
>    2. I have to License/install/Configure DECWindows on SIMH VAX.             
>    3. I have to configure/run XDM on Linux.                                   
>    4. I have to configure/run <something graphical> on Linux                  
>                                                                               
>    5. Login!                                                                  
>                                                                               
>    I think I'm OK on the VAX side using the TCPIP and DECWindows installation 
>    dialogs, but the Linux side is a real mystery at this stage of research.   
>                                                                               
>    David.                                                                     

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