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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT acepia.net.au>]

Hi Steven,

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:32:15 +1200
3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> MagicPoint is a widely-used Linux application.  There's 
> lots of information around (including a discussion group).  
> The version in BL3 (1.07) is slightly old, but it's not 
> that different from the current version (although it is 
> a lot smaller).

    I will have a search for some of it.
 
> > What do we call the file it is supposed to run - anything we like ?
> 
> Yes.  It should have an .mgp suffix (but I don't think that
> is compulsory).
> 
> > I see that you have used demo.mpg 
> 
> Oops.  I meant to put demo.mgp

   Double Oops !  My typo.  My fingers are used to typing .mpg, I do a lot 
with
multimedia.   :)

 
> > > ----------------------
> > > export DISPLAY=clark:0
> > > xterm &
> > > ----------------------
> > > Then clark will be able to run anything on lois from that xterm.
> > 
> >     Yes, it worked !     :)
> > 
> > When I tried QV, that showed up on lois' screen and would 
> > only run from lois' keyboard.  Interesting !
> 
> Is QV an SVGAlib program?  I think SVGAlib only works locally.

   Not sure - it is supposed to be fully self-contained. 
On the other hand it doesn't work in BL3. It is supposed to use vesa, or 
you can load a graphics driver (downloadable with it, but it is rather 
large - 8.98 Mb).
 
> > > ----------------------
> > > export DISPLAY=clark:0
> > > icewm &
> > > ----------------------
> > 
> > Yes, icewm works too !     I might just get a few (or a lot of) 
> > miles out of this.   :)
> > 
> > enlightenment which was then only controllable from lois' 
> > keyboard and displayed on lois' monitor. 
> 
> Sounds like enlightenment is configured to display on 
> localhost:0  (rather than using the DISPLAY setting).  
> This might be changeable in one of the config files 
> enlightenment uses.

   Possibly.  Peanut is a RedHat distro, and it doesn't (yet) make a 
lot of sense to me.
 
> > Seems like there is a limit as to what will run on clark's monitor 
> > (where BL31 is).
> 
> It depends on how exportable the program on lois is.  
> Applications (like wordprocessors and browsers) usually 
> export just fine.

   I seem to remember you saying something about running Netscape
remotely.  This is the sort of thing I am leading up to attempting.
Perhaps I will start trying to run Dillo on lois from bl3 on clark.
 
Regards,
          Ron

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