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How can I display Xterms, SPSS windows, etc, on my PC?

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How can I display Xterms, SPSS windows, etc, on my PC?

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First, you will have to get an X-Windows server set up on your PC. Many people are using Xceed for Windows, or MacX for the Macintosh to do this. Next, you will have to set your DISPLAY variable as above, to your desktop PC. The command should look something like this: setenv DISPLAY your.machine.here.umich.edu:0 This command should have your machine’s name, or IP number in it before the colon (:). If you don’t know what your machine name is, you can find out (when logged into a login or statistics server) with the command who | grep . When you type that command with your uniqname instead of ““, your machine’s name will be in paretheses. If all that’s there is a series of numbers, don’t worry, they will work as well. Then you will have to figure out how to allow the machine you are logged into to open windows on your desktop machine. I, unfortunately, don’t have directions for doing this with Xceed or MacX, though it should be almost as easy as dragging down a menu,

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