Opening a Vax Window

Telnet is available to the VAX just like to any other computer, but in order to get a graphics window to run certain applications (like Mongo) or a nice display, the following steps must be taken:

Type xhost nuclear to give permission to the VAX computers to open a window on the PC. This must, of course, be done on the PC you are working at and every time you start X-windows. (unless you put it as a line in your .xinitrc file).

Open a window to the VAX via rsh or rlogin instead of by telnetting. This sets the proper environment for the VAX. Two examples are given:

rsh nuclear
xterm -ls -geometry 80x50 -fn 7x14 -e /usr/bin/rlogin sbnslj -l username &

The second command is a little fancier, but shows the versatility of the commands allowed. The username above must be replaced by your actual username on the VAX and the computer name can be any recognizable ones, not just sbnslj. To change the background color, add a scrollbar, etc., see the man page on xterm. In order to avoid typing the long second command everytime, it can be set as an alias or as a button if you have enabled Goodstuff. Also, the screen is specified to be 50 lines in length. In order to take advantage of this type set term/page=50 on the VAX.

Once logged in to the VAX, type xterm -t at the prompt. This will open a graphics window in which you can view mongo output or the like. In order to clear the screen, type:

@utils:vt100 gclear