Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] X-forwarding questions
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:23:49
Message-Id: 49bf44f10901281223q4665d57dx38e12b30ecce2f3@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] X-forwarding questions by pk
1 >> That's the weird part. Local gimp and remote gimp side-by-side on the
2 >> same screen look different. For example, the edges of the buttons and
3 >> widgets in local gimp are rounded but they aren't in remote gimp. Not
4 >> a big deal though.
5 >
6 > So what do gimp look like when you run it locally on the "remote"
7 > machine (i.e. not using ssh)?
8
9 gimp run without ssh on the remote machine looks just like gimp run on
10 the local machine. It only looks funny over ssh.
11
12 - Grant
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14
15 >> When I ssh -X, start gimp, close gimp, and close the ssh session, the
16 >> terminal prompt disappears and only the cursor is visible in the
17 >> terminal. I have to ctrl+c to bring the prompt back. This doesn't
18 >> happen with ssh -X unless I open gimp during the session.
19 >
20 > So this only happens with gimp? It may be that gimp doesn't exit
21 > "properly"... I'm just guessing and I don't know why that would be.
22 >
23 >> Using -C, gimp is about 10x more responsive than if I don't. I was
24 >> surprised too. My laptop and the "remote" system are 15 feet away
25 >> from each other on the same wireless network, with the router in
26 >> between.
27 >
28 > Ah, well... can't argue with that. :-)
29 >
30 > Best regards
31 >
32 > Peter K