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Re: Windows GUI apps from xterm
Igor Peshansky schrieb:
>>> Now from the same cygwin shell, if I run "rsh any_unix_machine", I am
>>> now logged into a unix box, now I run "rsh terminal_server_name", I am
>>> now back on the terminal server. Now if I run calc, it doesn't work,
>>> attached are 2 snapshots.
>> so you have
>> terminal-server ->unix ->terminal-server
>>
>> I'm not suprised that this doesn't work.
>> The second rsh session you create on the terminal server is not aware of
>> the former terminal-server connection. You wouldn't expect to see the
>> graphical output of calc if you would sit in front of the unix server
>> and doing a rsh to the terminal-server.
>
> Actually, the calc process is spawned by the inetd service, which usually
> cannot interact with the desktop by default. If the OP enables the
> "Interact with Desktop" checkbox for the inetd service, this should work.
He is on a terminal server, would be interesting to see on which 'Desktop' calc will get displayed. If this is the physical display of the server this will be not helping, i guess.
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