RE Cygwin List posts

[Harold L Hunt II]

Jean-Claude,

Actually, Pookie is fine, but thanks for asking :)

Harold

Jean-Claude Gervais wrote:

>Having problems with your dog, Harold?   ;-)
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>From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On
>Behalf Of Harold L Hunt II
>Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 4:16 PM
>To: Benjamin Simmons
>Cc: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>Subject: Re: RE Cygwin List posts
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>Ben,
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>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.
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>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.
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>Harold
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>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
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>Benjamin Simmons wrote:
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>>thank you sir for your reply,
>>at this point I would love to gain some further instruction on either
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>>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
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>>a RH Linux 7.3 box in the same manner.
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>>I did the things you discuss in the guide, and any further elaboration is
>>greatly appreciated.
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>>Thank you,
>>Ben Simmons
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>>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.
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>>>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.
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>>>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).
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>>>Harold
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>>>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.
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>>>>If you were paying attention to this exchange, you would have noticed
>>>>that he has offered further details.
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>>>>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.
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>>>>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.
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>>>>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.
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>>>>Thank you again for your help,
>>>>Ben Simmons
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