[NCLUG] Moving exported window / ATX PS

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 11:24:47AM -0600, Jeff Moe wrote:
> Q#1. Let's say you log in via `ssh -X` to a remote box that is running 
> X-windows. You run `gimp` or whatever and the display gets sent back to the 
> local box. How do you, without closing the application, then switch it to 
> display on the remote host? I know if I set DISPLAY=0:0 /before/ I ran the 
> application, I could get it to display on the remote box. But what if I want 
> to switch on the fly?

I'm not sure, but I think x2x may be able to do what you want.

> Q#2. Has anyone ever seen/built an ATX powersupply that can drive multiple 
> motheboards? I'm picturing 8 or so rack-mounted motherboards with one larger 
> power supply. Anyone seen a rack that can mount motherboards alone (no hd)? 
> Here I'm picturing something that looks more like a bunch of cards/blades 
> (motherboards) plugging into a backplane, but without the backplane. It would 
> be higher density than doing 1U per node.

CompactPCI was designed for this sort of thing.  RLX announced a `336
nodes in a rack' thing a couple of months back.

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