[lug] xremote: x2x

[D. Stimits]

Nobuki Matsui wrote:
> Thank you very much. 
> X2x is very nice.  I needed to do xmkmf first, then do make and
> sudo make install.  However, how can you quit the program?  Is there any
> reserved key to quit the program?  

As the user that ran it, or as root:
  killall x2x

That stops it.

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi.com

> 
> On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, D. Stimits wrote:
> 
> 
>>Nobuki Matsui wrote:
>>
>>>I wonder if anybody has a success with xremote, using RH7.3.  My
>>>experience has been negative so far.  It compiles, but it will not run
>>>properly.  The control of a remote keyboard strokes/mouse does not
>>>work.  A quit key doesn't work either.
>>>
>>>N MATSUI
>>>SRRB Air Resources Lab, NOAA
>>>
>>
>>Forgot to mention something about x2x: It is simple, you run it, and on 
>>the command line you designate which edge of the main machine monitor is 
>>to be welded (my terminology) to the other machine. If on a left monitor 
>>you designate -east, then the right side (or east side) of your monitor 
>>has a 1 pixel wide area, where touching it with the mouse turns mouse 
>>and keyboard into control of the other machine. Sort of like Xinerama 
>>between separate machines, except you cant drag applications across the 
>>boundary. x2x is itself just a command line background daemon, it is has 
>>no gui of its own, nor any need for such a gui.
>>