OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical > Applications
XFree86-OS/2
Doug Clark:
Martin,
--- Quote from: Martin Iturbide on March 18, 2019, 07:46:25 pm ---I didn't get that? Do you mean I can run a XFree86 program directly from the OS/2 Command line? (without launching x first?)
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If you are using pmx you can start the pmx x windows server in your startup folder. It then sits in the upper right corner of your desktop waiting for a "connection" You can then start any x windows program from the command line.
Dave,
From the great cornucopia of all things OS/2: Hobbes. Search for pmx_204gu.zip.
It appears the default configuration for pmx is to unify the x windows and pm clipboard: there is a setting to "turn off cut/paste X Windows and PM"
It is interesting that so many applications on Linux are still x windows.
Dave Yeo:
--- Quote from: Doug Clark on March 19, 2019, 12:24:27 pm ---
Dave,
From the great cornucopia of all things OS/2: Hobbes. Search for pmx_204gu.zip.
It appears the default configuration for pmx is to unify the x windows and pm clipboard: there is a setting to "turn off cut/paste X Windows and PM"
It is interesting that so many applications on Linux are still x windows.
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I tried installing pmx, it errored out with not being able to stat pmxe1.zip and failed to install only creating a directory containing an empty TMP directory.
ivan:
Dave, I think the problem is that the zip file on hobbes is only a Corrective Service offering and not the complete PMX package. I tried to check the other PMX files on hobbes but hobbes is down at the moment.
Doug Clark:
Oops - you also need pmx204_guP2.zip. It contains the missing PMXE*.ZIP files. Unzip both to the same temporary directory and then run the install. The two together comprise the entire package.
Note this is beta software.
Doug Clark:
Update - I don't have any Linux boxes anymore but I do have a number of MacBooks - which run (or can run) X Windows and run Apple's version of Unix under the covers.
The attached screen shot shows three X Windows applets running on a MacBook and displayed "seamlessly" on an OS/2 desktop - in this case ArcaOS. To do this I had to (or think I had to) install openSSH on OS/2 in order to connect to the MacBook. The MacBook required some editing of the sshd_config file to enable X11 forwarding, and the turning on of Remote login in Sharing in System Preferences.
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