Configuring the Guest XDM (X Display Manager) to automatically start a session on the Host.This can be done from the Host remotely, using, for example, rsh Running a command on the Guest to start a new session on the Host.

Initiating a desktop session from the Host using XDMCP.

If transporting the DES is the goal, there are three ways of doing it: Transporting the entire desktop environment will be referred to henceforth as the “Desktop Environment Session” (DES). After authentication, a session manager, either CDE or DECwindows/Motif is started. The user must authenticate himself using credentials associated with the Guest.

The entire desktop environment means a sessions begins with a graphical login window. The first thing to decide is if the entire “desktop environment” is to be transported to the Host. There are various ways of methods and styles when using a separate system (X11 Server System, “Host”) to display applications running on an emulator (X11 Client System, “Guest”). The emulated system, on which the X11 clients runĭisplaying Graphical Applications Over The Network The system on which the emulator runs, and also on which the X11 session is displayed The guest operating system versions tested were: Tru64 V4.0F/V5.1B, OpenVMS V7.1/V7.3-2įor the purposes of this document, the following definitions apply: Term.The X-server configurations described in this document were tested using the VcXsrv X-server on Windows.Familiarity with the CHARON-AXP product.Familiarity with the guest operating system (Tru64 or OpenVMS).This document is intended to provide you with advice on how to configure the use of X-Windows between an emulator instance (either Tru64 or OpenVMS) and it’s Windows or Linux host.

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