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other:x_conf [2022/08/08 13:24] jypeter [On a Windows computer with PuTTY and an X server installed] |
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* Right-click on ''X140'' and select ''Enabled'' | * Right-click on ''X140'' and select ''Enabled'' | ||
* Note: if you need to quit the //X server//, you can right-click on the ''X'' icon, and then click on the //Display// number at the lower left (usually ''0'') and select ''Shut down'' | * Note: if you need to quit the //X server//, you can right-click on the ''X'' icon, and then click on the //Display// number at the lower left (usually ''0'') and select ''Shut down'' | ||
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- | **Starting, configuring and exiting X410**: you can start X410 by clicking on it in the Windows Start Menu, or choose to [[https://token2shell.com/howto/x410/automatically-start-x410-on-login/|Automatically Start X410 on Login]] | ||
- | * Note: nothing actually happens when you start X410, as it is just waiting to display graphics! You will just get a new **X** icon in the //hidden// icons of the taskbar. | ||
- | * You can configure (and exit) X410 by right clicking on its **X** icon | ||
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===== Using an X server on an Apple computer ===== | ===== Using an X server on an Apple computer ===== | ||
- | ===== Configuration on the remote machine ===== | + | ===== Configuration on the remote Linux server ===== |
==== If you are connecting with ssh ==== | ==== If you are connecting with ssh ==== | ||
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==== OpenGL related settings ==== | ==== OpenGL related settings ==== | ||
- | It's hard to know what the best OpenGL settings for your X server are: it depends on your local computer, the remote computer, the network speed, the application generating the graphics, the libraries' versions... | + | It's hard to know what the best //OpenGL// settings for your //X server// are: it depends on your local computer, the remote computer, the network speed, the application generating the graphics, the libraries' versions... |
- | * If ''Native opengl'' is activated in VcXsrv, you //may// have to also use the following environment variable on the remote computer: ''export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1'' | + | * If ''Native opengl'' is activated in ''VcXsrv'', you //may// have to also use the following environment variable on the remote computer: ''export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1'' |
* or maybe not! You can try to understand the [[https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/1437/what-does-libgl-always-indirect-1-actually-do|What does LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 actually do?]] thread... | * or maybe not! You can try to understand the [[https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/1437/what-does-libgl-always-indirect-1-actually-do|What does LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 actually do?]] thread... | ||