On 29 Sep 2004 10:19:32 -0700, Christopher M. Lusardi staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
> I'm having difficulty running a GUI during a rlogin session to
> Linux!

Don't use rlogin. Use ssh instead. There were security advisories
about rlogin and exploitable problems with it 5 years ago!

> I start out on SGI (computer A) and type "xhost IP address of
> computer B". I then rlogin to computer B. On computer B, I set the
> DISPLAY variable to the IP address of computer A with a concatenated
> ":0". I then try to start my GUI but it doesn't come up!

Like this?

sgi:~$ xhost +linuxbox
sgi:~$ rlogin linuxbox
linuxbox:~$ export DISPLAY=sgi:0
linuxbox:~$ xclient &

The "xhost +machinename" is typically how you grant access to the local
display to a machine or IP address. Your X may vary, since a lot of SGI
gear is old--check the man page for your xhost for details.

> My SGI does not have the "setenv" command.

In csh and its derivatives, setenv is a shell builtin. There is no
/usr/bin/setenv . All non-restricted shells worth the name have a way
of changing environment variables. You use "setenv VAR value" in
csh/tcsh, "export VAR=value" in sh/bash, and something very similar for
ksh/zsh.

> Question: What is the sequence of commands ro rlogin from a SGI
> computer to a Linux box and start a GUI?

sgi:~$ ssh -X linuxbox
(NOTE: You may have to use -Y instead. Try both. If you don't have
ssh installed on your SGI, install it! You'll have to set up sshd on
the Linux box; this is not that difficult.)
linuxbox:~$ xclient &

--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / mail: TRAP + SPAN don't belong
http://www.brainbench.com / Hire me!
-----------------------------/ http://crow202.dyndns.org/~mhgraham/resume

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:19:32 -0700, Christopher M. Lusardi wrote:
> I'm having difficulty running a GUI during a rlogin session to Linux! I start
> out on SGI (computer A) and type "xhost IP address of computer B". I then
> rlogin to computer B. On computer B, I set the DISPLAY variable to the IP
> address of computer A with a concatenated ":0". I then try to start my GUI but
> it doesn't come up! My SGI does not have the "setenv" command.

I have done this going from Solaris to Linux. Your description sounds
about right. [guessing] Did you export your DISPLAY setting? Dunno if
necessary, but I always do. You must get an error message of some kind?

> Question: What is the sequence of commands ro rlogin from a SGI computer to
> a Linux box and start a GUI?

What I am using now, between Linux and Solaris machines (going either way)
is ssh (better security than telnet or rlogin) with X tunneling. It is not
too much trouble to setup. If the configuration files for ssh, sshd have
the X11 tunneling options set, then the X11 traffic is routed back to your
workstation automagically. It's great! I think you should look into that.

Another option, which I've used to go from Linux to Solaris is to start
another X session on another display, e.g. "X --query :1".
However that gives a total separate X session. Dunno if that is what you
want? I'm guessing you want to see Linux and SGI windows side by side.

Going from Solaris to Linux, I have used the workstation login panel, and
selected remote host, and logged in to the Linux machine. The Solaris
workstation was essentially just an X-terminal. I guess you actually want
to have simultaneous X window access to both your SGI and Linux machines?

I would setup ssh with X11 tunneling.

--
Juhan Leemet
Logicognosis, Inc.

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:19:32 +0000, Christopher M. Lusardi wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm having difficulty running a GUI during a rlogin session to Linux! I start
> out on SGI (computer A) and type "xhost IP address of computer B". I then
> rlogin to computer B. On computer B, I set the DISPLAY variable to the IP
> address of computer A with a concatenated ":0". I then try to start my GUI but
> it doesn't come up! My SGI does not have the "setenv" command.
> Question: What is the sequence of commands ro rlogin from a SGI computer to
> a Linux box and start a GUI?
>
>
> Increasingly thankful,
> Christopher Lusardi

Try telnet vice rlogin. I know that on certain linuxes that causes the
environment variable to be properly set for you - it may work there.

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:31:15 -0400, Bill Marcum wrote:
> On 29 Sep 2004 10:19:32 -0700, Christopher M. Lusardi
> wrote:
>> I'm having difficulty running a GUI during a rlogin session to Linux...
>> Question: What is the sequence of commands ro rlogin from a SGI
>> computer to a Linux box and start a GUI?
>>
> ssh -X

Even better if you set the X11 tunneling options in the ssh config files
on both sides, and then you don't need the -X option. I always used to
forget, since I mostly used command line, but then when I wanted GUI...?

--
Juhan Leemet
Logicognosis, Inc.