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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> > Can someone on clark also run programs in X
>
> Yes, clark can provide a display for a local user, as
> well as providing displays for any number of remote users.

So this provides a way to run X on two monitors at once using the same 
software!  And two people could use a graphical browser over the same 
phone line at the same time, right?

> > I have not figured out what & and exec mean yet
>
> &     run in background
> exec  run without starting new process (replace this one)

So how do I set up .xinitrc to load Xvesa, run xmodmap, and then icewm and 
rxvt?  Whatever I try crashes.  This is BL3.  I have no problem just doing 
CLI in BL3, or xinit -- .. in BL2 with my .xinitrc.  BL3 has no xinit, and 
I cannot figure out the startx and how it works with .xinitrc.

In the meantime I just do CLI and can make an alias, so no problem but I 
am curious what I am doing wrong.  icewm runs without starting new process 
- what is it replacing?

> > How would I set this up so that someone could dial my
> > computer
>
> You set up /etc/inittab to run a getty on your modem.

ttyS1 is modem - do I uncomment the same line that I used
for dumb terminal mode over nullmodem cable but change from ttyS0 to 
ttyS1?

> > and telnet to it over the phone line?
>
> Not telnet.  The remote caller runs a terminal program.

So I would be able to dial the phone number here from somewhere else with 
kermit and connect without telnet?  Same as with nullmodem cable? 
(assuming I set up this computer here so the modem answered when the line 
rang - I have not done that for 20 years or so and I think I did it 
manually then.)

> > Also pppd and the same telnet server?
>
> Neither.
>
> > What IP number for the client?
>
> None.  You don't use TCP/IP.

Could I use ppp and telnet if desired?  Just trying to learn how these 
things work.  Direct-dial modem, lois and clark, instead of 'local' use 
'modem'?  Or is it a lot more complicated than that?


> Cheers,
> Steven
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