October 1992
Intermediate to advanced
346 pages
9h 7m
English
book
X Windows System Administrator's Guide, Vol 8 (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)
by Linda Mui, Eric Pearce
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X Terminals
X terminals allow you to put X on everyone's desk at relatively little cost. This chapter covers the issues with buying and configuring X terminals on your site.
In This Chapter:
Buying an X Terminal: What's What
Getting the IP Address Using RARP
Getting Information Using BOOTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Setting Up the Network on the X Terminal
Choosing TFTP or NFS for Font Access
Configuring for the X Display Manager
Configuring the X Terminal for xdm
Setting Up Server Access Control
Remote Configuration of X Terminals
Remote Configuration on NCD Terminals
Remote Configuration on Visual Terminals
Remote Configuration on Tektronix Terminals
Increasing the Number of Processes
Increasing the Number of Pseudo-ttys
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X Terminals
Only a few years ago, the average UNIX site was equipped with a few expensive computers, connected to ASCII terminals on every desk. The X terminal is a newcomer in the market of UNIX hardware. ...
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