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On Monday 21 May 2007, Andrew Lowe wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I'm in the process of setting up a linux box as my desktop machine. |
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> I've got X up and running, am about to do the kde install, but have a |
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> question regarding "remote" X windows. |
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> I have the situation where I have to connect to a remote, it's still |
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> in my office but X will be running across the network, Sun server so |
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> that I can run a CAD system. In the past I've done this from Windows |
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> using telnet and an X emulator, exporting the DISPLAY variable etc, |
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> but now I want to be able to do this from the linux box. I've tried |
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> what I've done under Windows in the past but the Sun machine can't |
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> find my X server, even though I'm in a graphical X window when I type |
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> the commands to initiate the remote X session. |
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> My question is, is there anything "special" that I have to do so |
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> that the linux X server is listening to "the outside world" so that |
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> the Sun box can create the connection and get X displaying on my |
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> linux box? It wouldn't surprise me if I've got something wrong, it's |
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> midnight and I've already had way too much chocolate, but I thought I |
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> would post this question before I go to bed in the hope that someone |
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> might have an insight. |
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ssh -X <username>@<host> |
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from the Linux to the Sun machine. Then run the X-client in that session |
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and it'll display on the local Xserver. If you want something a tad |
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more secure, replace -X with -Y. |
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Refer man ssh |
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When doing it the old way by just telnet/ssh style logins then set |
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DISPLAY and use xhost, you will probably run into your Xserver refusing |
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non-local connections.... the display manager is responsible for this, |
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and you will have to dig into it's configuration and find the line it |
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uses to start X proper, then remove this argument: |
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-nolisten tcp |
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alan |
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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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