Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:16:22 -0600 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote x session Message-ID: <200712241316.22157.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <87f7f4170712241111t157ad17cpf1c756f6db178d24@mail.gmail.com> References: <200712241005.45959.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <87f7f4170712241111t157ad17cpf1c756f6db178d24@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday 24 December 2007 01:11:12 pm Jeremy Gransden wrote: > On 12/24/07, Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> 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, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com
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