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The fun part
Okay, now that we’ve the concepts behind us, let’s get down to the
nitty-gritty of installation. First you need to install the X Server on your Windows
machine. Fire up the setup program for MI/X. Installation is easy, but the MI/X server is
not without its problems. It repeatedly crashed while running big Unix apps, like
WordPerfect and Net scape Navigator. However, it should
suffice for our purpose.
Once installation is over, start MI/X. Next, try pinging the Unix machine to see
whether it’s reachable over the network. If it is, telnet to the Unix machine by
giving the telnet <hostname or IP address> command. The Windows telnet applet should
open up and present you with the login prompt. Once you have logged in, you should get the
Unix shell prompt. You’re now almost ready to run your X applications. But before
that, you need to tell the Unix system where to send the output of its X Clients.
To do this, you must set the DISPLAY environment variable to point to your Windows
machine. The X Clients send their output to the X Server pointed to by the DISPLAY
variable. From your telnet window, run the following commands:
For Bash/Bourne shell users
export DISPLAY=’<hosthame or IP
address>:0.0’
For C Shell users
setenv DISPLAY ‘<hostname or IP
address>:0.0’
To find out which shell you are using, type "set | grep –i shell"
Once you have set your DISPLAY variable, fire up
Xterm by giving the xterm& command at the shell prompt. You’ll see the Xterm
window open on your Windows’ desktop. Well, that’s it. Fire up GIMP or any of
your other favorite Unix apps through Xterm and make a few heads turn as you work on Unix
from your Windows’ desktop.
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