From: Rob De Langhe (rob.delanghe@telindus.be)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 01:34:49 EDT
Hi all,
since this splashing list returns so many very useful answers, let's try
this one :
instead of going with the very expensive Citrix solution to get
PC-applications display on UNIX desktops, I think the following setup should
be possible for our situation :
- we have 2-3 people working from a SUN server via SunRay desktops
- 1 or 2 of them would now and then need to be able to run native x86
applications, but I want to avoid to require them to have an additional PC
on their desk for those occasions
Imagine I install a SunPCI card in our headless server, can I send
keystrokes from a SunRay connected on the server towards the SunPCI
processor? And is there a way to have the SunPCI processor send its display
to on of the SunRays ?
Or does a SunPCI card require a graphical console screen locally attached to
the server in which it is installed? I have seen some posts on this list
from people installing a SunPCI card in V880 and similar servers. Do they
require a graphics console connected to such servers?
In case that it is possible to have control over the SunPCI card from
SunRays, I would install Solaris-x86 'on' the card (I know, it goes on the
server's disk), and start CDE from this Solaris-x86 with DISPLAY send to the
SunRay.
Within this Solaris-x86, I would install VM-Ware. When I launch VM-Ware, it
would send its stuff to DISPLAY, which would still be the SunRay.
And now you feel me coming : having Vm-Ware displaying on the SunRay, I
would load -say- Win-98 inside VmWare and thus have the x86-applications
displaying still onto my SunRay.
Pure nonsense, or feasible ?
Your votes please, if possible with some technical details why or why not.
Kind regards,
Rob
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