drew@kinglear.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt) writes:

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>In article <zhao.713807106@unixg.ubc.ca> zhao@unixg.ubc.ca (Jiansheng Zhao) writes:
>>Hi, there,
>>I have X running, but still have some questions. 
>>know I am running X on a PC under L-I-N-U-X. Is it possible to dial-in and 
>>run x-program from my linux-X machine?

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>Not yet.  To run the stock X server and clients, you need to have 
>either a unix domain socket (local machine), or a TCP/IP socket
>connection.  This means you need to have IP access to the 
>net on which the host computer runs.

The article goes on to explain what is necessary to set up a SLIP
connection.  It seems to be correct, but the statement that this is
not yet possible under Linux is wrong.  KA9Q supports SLIP.
ka9qbin.4.tar.Z should from TSX should be sufficient.  (Version 6,
which I have just put up, contains working Ethernet support.  It's not
necessary for SLIP usage.)  This version of KA9Q also supports X, by
the simple expedient of passage bytes back and forth between a local
Unix-domain connection to the X server and a TCP connection to the
remote host.  The main problem in using SLIP is that your university
must support SLIP dialups, and that from a practical point of view
you'll probably need the help of someone in your university's
networking group to get the configuration right.  I've tried to
explain what's needed in READ.ME, but most users don't know -- and may
find it hard to find out -- things like whether BOOTP is supported,
what the name server's address is, etc.