alias myaixterm "/usr/bin/X11/aixterm -ls -name mbaker \ -bg white -cr red -sb -sl 32768&" alias myxterm="nohup /usr/openwin/bin/xterm -ls -name $(hostname) \ -fg black -bg white \ -cr red -ms red -sb -sk -fn 8x16 -sl 10000 &" /usr/openwin/bin/xterm -C -ls -name CONSOLE-cheetah -bg white \ see /usr/bin/X11/lib/X11/rgb.txt for colors %resize #shows size of rows and columns %stty rows 24 %stty columns 80 If you need more than xhosts, this puts a cookie in your ~/.Xauthority xauth add cheetah.somedomain.com:0 . 364b45797a3678305473537a67312f64 xauth add cheetah.somedomain.com/unix:0 . 364b45797a3678305473537a67312f64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is an X Virtual Frame Buffer process for users who need to send an x Window to the equivilent of "/dev/null." The process is kicked off by the /etc/rc3.d/S90Xvirtual file which is linked to /etc/init.d/Xvfb. For this process to work the Xvfb binary must be in /usr/openwin/bin and /usr/X11R6 should be a link to /usr/X. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh # ############################################## state=$1 DISPLAY=:0 case $state in 'start') if [ -f /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb ] then echo Starting X Virtual Frame Buffer........ /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb -ac :0 > /dev/null 2>&1& [ "$?" -eq 0 ] && /usr/openwin/bin/olwm > /dev/null 2>&1& else echo /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb not found. fi ;; 'stop') echo Not Shutting down Xvfb. Please kill it manually. ;; *) echo "usage: /etc/init.d/Xvfb {start|stop}" ;; esac exit ${EXITCODE:-0} ---------------------------------------- For Solaris 10 w/ Xvfb INSTALL STEPS: 1. cp above file to /var/svc/manifest/snapon/xvfb-server.xml 2. svccfg * svc> import /var/svc/manifest/snapon/xvfb-server.xml * svc> select xvfb-server * svc> add default * svc> select default * svc> addpg option application * svc> quit 3. svcadm enable xvfb-server ----------------------------------------