[K12OSN] Broadcast message

[Petre Scheie]

That's why you want to put a semi-colon at the end of the xmessage command, to 
put it in the background so you can go on to sending the message to the next 
workstation.

xmessage ... -display ws1:0 hello ;
xmessage ... -display ws2:0 hello ;
xmessage ... -display ws3:0 hello ;

Using 'xhost +' in Sessions or .profile is probably a bad idea.  Verify that 
your server is at 192.168.0.254; or whatever address it does have, make sure 
that's the address you put in the xhost command.

Petre

Huck wrote:
> okay I did the 'xhost +' hack and the message DID display...
> 
> I did it at the CLI as root  /xmessage -center -timeout 30 -display 
> ws251.ltsp:0 hello/
> the following warnings appeared and did not return to bash prompt until 
> a.) user clicks the 'okay', b.) timeout wears off, c.) ctrl-c
> 
> Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
> 
> David Trask wrote:
> 
>> "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
>> Tuesday, November 2, 2004 at 10:02 AM +0000 wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> xhost +
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Rather than putting this in everyone's profile you can run it in the 
>> IceWM
>> file in Sessions.
>>
>> David N. Trask
>> Technology Teacher/Coordinator
>> Vassalboro Community School
>> dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
>> (207)923-3100
>>
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