Unix shown on XP

Snowman · 03-10-2008, 07:02 AM

I don�t know if such a program exists or not. I want to be able to have a user work on a unix machine for a weather briefing. I would like to be able to have it shown on another computer that is XP. The closest thing in Windows that I can think of is Netmeeting or something like that. There will be no interaction on the windows side, just show the different pages that are on the unix machine.

The XP machine is hooked up to a large screen TV that is in a different part of the building than the Unix machine. I just want to display the contents of what is on the Unix desktop onto the Windows machine, that way, it will be on the large screen TV.

Any ideas?

JustCallMeDave · 03-10-2008, 08:20 AM

Unix desktop? Are you using a GUI on the Unix box?

Nomad_Greg · 03-10-2008, 08:29 AM

Try Reflection X. Here is the overview of the product.

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Reflection X is a high-powered, X11R6.9-compliant PC X server with built-in GLX support. It connects Windows users to graphical and character-based applications on UNIX, Linux, and OpenVMS hosts. Awarded the Microsoft Works with Windows Vista logo, Reflection X can render and display graphical X Window applications with unrivaled speed and accuracy.

txaggie · 03-10-2008, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Snowman

I don�t know if such a program exists or not. I want to be able to have a user work on a unix machine for a weather briefing. I would like to be able to have it shown on another computer that is XP. The closest thing in Windows that I can think of is Netmeeting or something like that. There will be no interaction on the windows side, just show the different pages that are on the unix machine.

The XP machine is hooked up to a large screen TV that is in a different part of the building than the Unix machine. I just want to display the contents of what is on the Unix desktop onto the Windows machine, that way, it will be on the large screen TV.

Any ideas?

You need to do some sort of xdisplay back to the Windows box. There is a commercial app called Hummingbird Exceed that can be used but there are a number of freeware or shareware options out there too.

Xming (sourceforge.net/projects/xming) is one that might work for you.

Snowman · 03-10-2008, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by JustCallMeDave

Unix desktop? Are you using a GUI on the Unix box?

Yes, it is a gui on the Unix desktop.
The meteorologist gives daily briefings on the Unix machine.
In another part of the building, I have the Win XP box. I would like to have the unix desktop displayed on the Win XP machine so the folks in the other part of the building can see the presentation.

I will check into the apps mentioned.

Thanks

OR Coast Range · 03-10-2008, 11:58 AM

tightvnc. You start the server on the Unix machine, and connect to it with a windows client.

Silver Hilton · 03-10-2008, 01:05 PM

In general, the answer is VNC. Tight VNC is one vendor, UltraVNC is the one I use.

Most Linuxes come with VNC installed. You need to download a VNC client for the XP machine. You start vncserver on the unix/linux box, and then start the VNC client on the Xp box and connect to it. It may require a little firewall manipulation to allow the connection.

To find out if the Unix box has VNC, try typing "vncserver" at a command prompt. If that doesn't work, you have to solve that part first.

This requires someone who has a bit of unix/networking knowledge. Only a bit, but if you don't know what is special about 127.0.0.1, you'll have trouble.

EDIT: I just realized you want to mirror the desktop that someone else is using. That is going to be a bit more complex, and I don't know the answer immediately, though, if the unix display is x windows, you should be able to mirror it to the XP desktop using some variant of X and probably VNC. Search on X windows dual display, and you'll probably find an answer.

Norm · 03-10-2008, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Silver Hilton

In general, the answer is VNC. Tight VNC is one vendor, UltraVNC is the one I use.

Most Linuxes come with VNC installed. You need to download a VNC client for the XP machine. You start vncserver on the unix/linux box, and then start the VNC client on the Xp box and connect to it. It may require a little firewall manipulation to allow the connection.

To find out if the Unix box has VNC, try typing "vncserver" at a command prompt. If that doesn't work, you have to solve that part first.

This requires someone who has a bit of unix/networking knowledge. Only a bit, but if you don't know what is special about 127.0.0.1, you'll have trouble.

EDIT: I just realized you want to mirror the desktop that someone else is using. That is going to be a bit more complex, and I don't know the answer immediately, though, if the unix display is x windows, you should be able to mirror it to the XP desktop using some variant of X and probably VNC. Search on X windows dual display, and you'll probably find an answer.

VNC will work, just run the VNC server on the same terminal as the session.