From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 24 21:50:54 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6469A16A468 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:50:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C18DF13C4D3 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:50:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 24 Dec 2007 21:50:51 -0000 Received: from ip176-173-59-62.adsl.versatel.nl (EHLO Rena.FStaals.net) [62.59.173.176] by mail.gmx.net (mp016) with SMTP; 24 Dec 2007 22:50:51 +0100 X-Authenticated: #25365336 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19FNKERFv1FaP14o9UYd23/966OV02pDgF5Yi+uYI sYsV1GYVB4fkR4 Message-ID: <4770296A.5050209@gmx.net> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:49:30 +0100 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Horne References: <200712241005.45959.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <87f7f4170712241111t157ad17cpf1c756f6db178d24@mail.gmail.com> <200712241316.22157.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200712241316.22157.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote x session X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:50:54 -0000 Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Monday 24 December 2007 01:11:12 pm Jeremy Gransden wrote: > >> On 12/24/07, Jonathan Horne wrote: >> >>> i have been wanting to set up the ability to open an entirely new x >>> session to >>> another box, in a window of my currently running session. xnest is one >>> way >>> of doing this, but i was wondering if there are any others (perhaps, a >>> little >>> easier to configure and get going) ? >>> >>> cheers, >>> -- >>> Jonathan Horne >>> http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org >>> freebsd@dfwlp.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >>> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> Can you forward X through ssh? Or is that not what you are looking for? >> >> >> thanks, >> j >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > i did finally get ssh to forwared X, but it only worked with > > ssh -Y [host] > > im not sure yet why ssh -X doesnt work, but ive not yet finished reading about > the ins and outs of what security settings im overriding with the -Y. > > i was able to start xclock as a test. but what i would really like to be able > to accomplish, would be to get the entire 'startx' to work over an ssh > session, and have it open as another window on my desktop. > > cheers, > Is vnc not an option then ? -- -Frank Staals