Re: onperf via xfree86 on a PC (over cygwin) [Re: Font problems running

Marley, Peter wrote: > Sorry to bother you, but I notice on the Informix Newgroup archives > that you are using onperf on xfree86 on a PC (over cygwin) > > How do you get this to work? I am also using Informix 9.21 on an Alpha > Tru64 UNIX. > Do you open a telnet session in cygwin, then telnet to the server or > what? there doesn't seem to be a lot of documentation > > of using onperf. > > I use to use onperf via X Windows on Reflection X without any > problems. I no longer have Reflection X so am trying xfree86. > > Any help would be appreciated. > The way we use it is to login directly in the alpha server using "X -query". This only works if the server has a xdm (or equivalent) running and respondind to the network. I believe this is the default configuration in alpha machines, but not so in Linux and others. On the windows machine, after installing cygwin with xserver just create a windows shortcut with this target: C:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe --login -c "X -query YourIfxServer -nodecoration &" If you encounter font problems like I did, you should use the fonts installed in the alpha. To do this, you should run a font server (xfs) in the server and add the "-fp YourFontPath" to the command in the windows shortcut target. If I recall it right, it should be like "X -fp tcp/YourServer:7100 ...". Hope this helps. Fernando -- Fernando Fernandez MoreData - Sistemas de Informa''o, Lda. http://www.moredata.pt sending to informix-list