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On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 08:09:38PM +0200, Rafael Fern?ndez L?pez wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I'm connecting from a computer (remote computer) to a server (sshd, it is |
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> running apache2 too, but it doesn't matter right now), and I can connect |
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> through ssh to it, and run every command all right, but launching X.org. |
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> If I try a "startx" command, it will start X.org in the local computer, |
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> and I'd like to run it into the remote computer, as you would do with RDP |
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> for example. |
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That won't work. When you run an X program ("client") on the remote |
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box, it connects to your local X server so you see the remotely |
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running client on your local display. But the X server itself is, as |
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the name suggests, a server for X, not a client. |
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You should look into VNC (there are a number of versions in portage), |
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or maybe freeNX. In my experience, freeNX gives better performance, |
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but VNC is easier to set up, especially if you connect via ssh (as you |
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should). FreeNX is usually used to forward single applications, not |
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whole desktops, but recent versions can also forward whole |
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desktops. (It can even connect to VNC sessions.) |
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HTH, |
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Toby |
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