[ILUG] Exporting display to other X-Terminals and networked StarOffice?

[Brady, Padraig]

Something which probably wont be off
use, but if you want to share a TEXT screen 
with other users then you could use tee & tail.
On the demonstrator's box do:

command tee /shared_dir/file

and on the other computers do:

tail -f file /shared_dir/file

Padraig.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Gay [mailto:jgay at Celestica.com]
> Sent: 14 December 2000 01:47
> To: ilug at linux.ie
> 
> I am currently working on a small network system for my 
> Daughters school. I've
> got the basic layout worked out.
> 
> In the office will be the Internet gateway and StarOffice 
> server. This will be
> networked to 7 or 8 classroom PC's, one for each class. The 
> classroom PC's will
> have X-Terminals networked to them. I've currently got a 
> similar set-up at home
> to demonstrate.
> 
> I've got one question, though. I know each X-Terminal will 
> log-in to the
> classroom PC with it's own display, but it would be nice if 
> there could be a
> window on ALL the X-Terminals showing what the teacher is 
> doing on their PC.
> This way, the teacher can demonstrate things without needing 
> a projector, the
> students could just watch the window on their own screen. 
> Does anyone know of a
> program or tool that would do this?
> 
> I am hoping to get two working X-Terminals set-up from my PII 
> 350. I've got one
> working, I just need to install Debian and the base X-server 
> onto the other one.
> 
> Also, what is needed to set-up the networked StarOffice? I 
> know that StarOffice
> can be set up on one server, and then clients can work with 
> it over the network,
> but I'm not sure how it needs to be set up. Does the 
> StarOffice server PC need
> to export a directory to the client PC's? At the moment my 
> networking experience
> is limited, but I'm learning more and more as I work with my system.
> 
> I think for the demo, I'll set up my PII350 as a StarOffice 
> server, use my
> Daughters P166 as the Classroom PC, and have two X-Terminals 
> running off the
> P166. I am hoping to have the demonstration ready shortly 
> after the holidays. If
> all goes well, I can start setting up the system during the 
> summer break and
> have it ready to roll-out for next year!
> 
> I know there is some StarOffice experienced people on this 
> list. I just hope
> someone knows a way to export a display to the X-Terminals. 
> This would really be
> a great thing!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>      John Gay