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Date:      Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:13:00 +0200
From:      Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Timothy McGee <tmcgee@c2cmain.com>
Subject:   Re: Gnome & FreeBSD from putty
Message-ID:  <200709231613.01830.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
In-Reply-To: <200709231331.l8NDVQaS030595@sonic.gv.net>
References:  <200709231331.l8NDVQaS030595@sonic.gv.net>

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On Sunday 23 September 2007 15:35:00 Timothy McGee wrote:

> Any way of running Gnome or Firefox from putty remotely?  What's the best
> way to test for the displays setup, etc?
>
> I'd like to keep it really simple for rebooting radios & equipment that
> require a web interface.  My first attempt simply so display not configured
> and am really rusy on my unix.  FreeBSD & I'm very rusty.

If all you need is access to web interfaces on localhost of the remote 
machine, setup a portforward and access it with your local browser. Putty 
being a windows program, you probably won't get remote X to work anyway.

-- 
Mel



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