display environment
 

Hi All,

I have two Redhat 7.2 machines networked together. On Computer1 I have a software package that I would like to export to use on computer2. The software has a nice GUI and I'd like to run this software on the two machines at the same time. I am using the bash shell. Is it an environment variable setting? Is this even possible? I have tried VNC, but the image quality isn't too great and this software is graphic intensive.

p.s.-- Ideally I'd just install it on the other machine, but it is password protected for new installations.

Jon

If you've got an xserver running on the other machine which allows remote connections. Then all you will have to do is set the display variable and run the program.

export DISPLAY=192.168.10.3:0.0

Substitute the first part for the proper ip address.

PC1=which the program is installed in.
PC2=which the program will be exported to.
if you realy mean to run it at the same time;then you should run a virtual terminal(xterm or konsole ..) and do the following on PC2:

$xhost +the_ip_of_pc1

on the PC1:
open a virtual terminal and do the following:
$export DISPLAY=the_ip_of_pc2
then run the program
$program_name &
then to run the same program on the PC1:"stay in the same VT"
$export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
then run the program
$program_name &

therein PC1 and PC2 will run the same program at the same time.

Good Luck