RE Cygwin List posts

[Harold L Hunt II]

Ben,

See, you aren't telling me what you have had success in doing.  What do 
you mean ``They all work fine''?  Does that mean that you have 
successfully done an XDMCP session, used ssh to display remote clients, 
and used telnet to display remote clients?  If so, then say exactly that.

I'm not just going to ``elaborate'' about the wonderful things that you 
can do with XDMCP and ssh --- I could write about them all day long. 
 You have to ask a specific question about precisely what it is that you 
want to do.  We cannot read your mind.  Imagine for a moment that your 
dog cannot walk and that I am a vet.  If you come to me and say, ``my 
dog has a broken leg, can you fix it?'', then I am very likely to help 
you.  If, on the other hand, you come to me and say, ``My dog needs to 
[mumble mumble mumble]... can you tell me about the many things that 
dogs can do?'', then I'm going to kick you out of my office.

Harold

P.S. - This is going back on cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com because it seems to 
me like you are trying to waste my time since you are being vague about 
both your questions and your answers.  Don't reply to me personally, 
only send your questions to cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com

Benjamin Simmons wrote:

>thank you sir for your reply,
>at this point I would love to gain some further instruction on either option
>you present.  I have multiple RHLinux 7.2 boxes setup so that I can do your
>first option.  They all work fine.  I am having the difficulty in setting up
>a RH Linux 7.3 box in the same manner.
>
>I did the things you discuss in the guide, and any further elaboration is
>greatly appreciated.
>
>Thank you,
>Ben Simmons
>
>Harold L Hunt II wrote:
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>>Ben,
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>>I have been reading the list and it looks to me like you asked the same
>>question over again.  Rasjid gave you the same answer that I gave you
>>--- which defeats the purpose of writing a User's Guide, since I wrote
>>the User's Guide to explain this very question once and for all.
>>
>>You say that you need to connect to multiple machines.  Is that the
>>specific part that you are having trouble with?  Are you able to connect
>>to one machine at a time, but not to multiple machines at once?  If so,
>>I can help you with that.
>>
>>Please be clear on whether you are trying to run a remote session via
>>XDMCP (where you are presented by a login box and one Cygwin/XFree86
>>window is owned entirely by one remote machine) or whether you are
>>trying to display remote clients via ssh (in which case you can ssh to
>>multiple remote machines and have them all display X Clients in one
>>Cygwin/XFree86 window - or in multiple Cygwin/XFree86 windows).
>>
>>Harold
>>
>>Benjamin Simmons wrote:
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>>>If you had ben paying attention to the list today, you would have seen
>>>an excahnge between myself and Rasjid Wilcox.
>>>
>>>If you were paying attention to this exchange, you would have noticed
>>>that he has offered further details.
>>>
>>>I did read through what you sent me, and found it to cover exactly what
>>>I had already done.  Since I had used your information, but felt that I
>>>needed further details, I responded to someone that was willing to
>>>provide them.
>>>
>>>If you are having a problem with my exchange on this topic, please feel
>>>free to ignore all further posts to this message, otherwise, I would
>>>like to personally thank you for your assistance.  I have gotten
>>>frustrated with my inability to connect the final piece of this puzzle.
>>>
>>>To clarify, I do work for and am a student at The University of
>>>Memphis.  I am currently performing research and need to access multiple
>>>linux machines remotely to complete my dissertation.
>>>
>>>Thank you again for your help,
>>>Ben Simmons
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