[GRASS-user] xwindow, dhcp and grass

[Gerald Nelson]

I setup nxserver and client this evening and other than the usual teething problems getting everything needed, it seems to work like a charm. thanks!

Jerry

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:05:02 +0100
>From: Moritz Lennert <mlennert at club.worldonline.be>  
>Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] xwindow, dhcp and grass  
>To: Gerald Nelson <gnelson at uiuc.edu>
>Cc: grassuser at grass.itc.it
>
>On 20/01/07 19:12, Gerald Nelson wrote:
>> This question is only partially related to grass. I'm currently in
>> Rome (at FAO) for a couple of months and want to use xwindows on my
>> laptop to access my linux box with grass on it back home in the
>> states. I'm staying in an apartment that uses a usb ADSL connection
>> (tisoli for those who might know about this). I have tried the
>> following.
>> 
>> 1. run xming with the default settings created with xlaunch (starts a
>> passive x server) 2. run either putty or ssh with x tunneling turned
>> on 3. in the terminal window I can type xclock & and the little clock
>> window shows up.
>> 
>> However, when I type grass63, choose my region and then gis.m, if I
>> get anything it takes a LOOOOOONG time for the logo window to appear
>> and the output window, but the gui never shows up.
>> 
>> Any tips on how to do this appreciated. Do I need to set the DISPLAY
>> variable on the linux box? Any other settings I should know about?
>
>No idea about this specific problem, but I have had very good experience 
>running GRASS over an nxserver/nxclient environment (using freenx 
>servier and nomachine's nxclient).
>
>You might have to follow this 
>http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass5/2006-September/025596.html
>if you get "Application initialization failed: this isn't a Tk 
>applicationunknown" as an error.
>
>Moritz
Gerald Nelson
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