Need help with Xwindow remote login through ssh

I have currantly updated to 5.3. I am using a an oll mmx pentium II 400 and loging into it remotly from a Mac G-5 I have installed wine and tring to get X up and running. I am trying to get Autocad to run on the remote server and use the Mac as the client. It seems like I have X installed but I cannot configure it. When I try to start X I get

su-2.05b# xinit

xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" in PATH

Use the -- option, or make sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path and
that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server
for your display. Possible server names include:

XFree86 XFree86 displays

giving up.
xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.


any ideas as I really need to get this to work propperly.
Thanx.
ps have virtual pc but it isnt really working for me.

0. Make sure /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path (or wherever you have X Windows installed).
1. Try starting X with startx
2. If you're trying to run X remotely, have you set the DISPLAY environment variable and run xhost + already? You should do that for it to work.

OK I am really new to this only been messing with it for a year, what does :

Make sure /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path (or wherever you have X Windows installed).

What is my path? I tried to configure x but the comand
XFRee86 -configure
doesn't exist. I am allmost certain that X is installed though..
Thanx for your help!!

PATH - same as in the old DOS days - a list of locations for the OS to search and locate the program/command you have instructed it to run. If X is not in the PATH, FreeBSD will not know where to find it.

If XFree86 -configure does not run, X is not installed. Reinstall it from the latest
port.

Switch to super user, cvsup your ports (I presume you have cvsup-without-gui installed), go to ports directory with

#cd /usr/ports/

make a new INDEX for the ports,

#make index


and READ!! your UPDATE file (that's the one in #/usr/ports). Now you reinstall X

#cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4
#make
#make install
#make clean

I prefer 3 seperate commands - keep me informed as to where an error occurs.

Trust this helps

Hi,

Just a thought..

Perhaps Xorg is installed rather than XFree86? Isn't Xorg the default X-System under 5.3? In this case, wouldn't you need Xorg -configure or xorgcfg or something?

Installing XFree86 next to Xorg might get too big for some /usr partitions.

-Steven

So I got Xorg installed configured and running fine on the free bsd box. I then installed X11 for mac and added the freebsd box using x host. when I use the command export DISPLAY=192.168.1.102 , the ip of the mac it gives me the error:

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

any ideas as to what i am not doing here??

Assuming the following:
Mac IP Address: 192.168.0.10
FreeBSD IP Address: 192.168.0.20

On the Mac
---------------------------
1. Get into a command prompt.
2. Type:
xhost +192.168.0.20
substitute the IP address of the freebsd box accordingly.
3. ssh into the freebsd box. Since you're using ssh, there's no need to set a DISPLAY variable.
5. Start up an X application on the freebsd box.
/usr/local/bin/gimp

Should work fine...