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Steven, please help!


> I have not yet tried using BL to connect to cjb, as X-terminal.
> It should be an excellent way to run graphical programs on a very old
> laptop, without compiling or installing them, via dialup.  The really old
> laptop screens are very slow.
>
> Sindi Keesan

Two problems

This laptop works with xfbdev not Xvesa.  Instead of startxt
on the client (exec Xvesa -screen $1 -$2 -ac) I typed

exec xfbdev -ac

X appears on the laptop (client, X-terminal)  but when I switch terminals 
and then back to the X terminal, the computer freezes up and I need to 
turn it off.  I can try NOT switching terminals, or use a laptop that 
supports Xvesa.  (This Toshiba won't even work with any standard X server 
in Puppy, Savage MX).


Second, I don't know what IP address to export to when I use dialup 
connection rather than running an ethernet (or serial or parallel) cable 
between two computers or using broadband via ethernet.

On the server I am supposed to next

export DISPLAY=192.168.X.X:0
icewm &
(or whatever wm is available at cjb.net)

And then I think I can just run programs as if I were on the server 
computer.

Netstat lists dialup-4.229.21.1:32768 (when I am connected to sdf via 
dbclient) and ....32769 for cfb. Do I fill in one of these numbers between 
DISPLAY= and :0?

I was able to use a Compaq 486 laptop with 8-bit color as X-terminal via 
ethernet cable to a desktop, and I think Opera displayed on it though it 
won't run in 256 colors directly.  I have two more 8-bit Compaq laptops to 
find a use for.

It was easy to get a shell account at http://www.cjb.net
FreeBSD.

Sindi