Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jun 14, 2002, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 01:21:59PM +0100, Matthew Yee-King wrote: I'm running gdm, windowmaker, woody and xfree 4.2. i need to run software on a remote mahcine that outputs to my local X server. On the remote machine, i export

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jun 14, 2002, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [Regarding X11 tunnelled over ssh] Over a local, switched fast ethernet connection, what kind of performance drain will I see tunneling through ssh? Both boxen are GHz+. Depends on what you're doing. For text-based apps, little

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jun 14, 2002, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 11:11, Ron Johnson wrote: ... Any ideas? Colin Watson says to remove '-nolisten tcp' from the script that starts the local X. I'm going to try that now. Progress!! After removing '-nolisten tcp' from

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 11:44:33PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Jun 14, 2002, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 11:11, Ron Johnson wrote: ... Any ideas? Colin Watson says to remove '-nolisten tcp' from the script that starts the local X. I'm

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 11:40:21PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Jun 14, 2002, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Yes. Remove '-nolisten tcp' from whatever starts your X server if you ^^ [want to do this

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Jun 16, 2002, Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 11:44:33PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Jun 14, 2002, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 11:11, Ron Johnson wrote: ... Any ideas? Colin Watson says to remove

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi Karsten, I agree you whole heartedly. On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 12:03:39PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: Restore it. You were given bad advice whose implications you don't understand. ^^^ I missed the last part of your phrase. I guess

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 12:03:39PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: This is true. However, I see far too many people advocating xhost + and disabling -nolisten tcp, when the first attempt should be an ssh -X. If this turns out to be too slow for the necessary task (unlikely for

problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Matthew Yee-King
Hello I'm running gdm, windowmaker, woody and xfree 4.2. i need to run software on a remote mahcine that outputs to my local X server. On the remote machine, i export DISPLAY=mylocalIP:0 then on my local machine, i xhost memote machineIP . but it doesn't work - on the remote machine i get the

problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Matthew Yee-King
Hello I'm running gdm, windowmaker, woody and xfree 4.2. i need to run software on a remote mahcine that outputs to my local X server. On the remote machine, i export DISPLAY=mylocalIP:0 then on my local machine, i xhost memote machineIP . but it doesn't work - on the remote machine i get the

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 01:21:59PM +0100, Matthew Yee-King wrote: I'm running gdm, windowmaker, woody and xfree 4.2. i need to run software on a remote mahcine that outputs to my local X server. On the remote machine, i export DISPLAY=mylocalIP:0 then on my local machine, i xhost memote

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread David Z Maze
Matthew Yee-King [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm running gdm, windowmaker, woody and xfree 4.2. i need to run software on a remote mahcine that outputs to my local X server. On the remote machine, i export DISPLAY=mylocalIP:0 then on my local machine, i xhost memote machineIP . Eew eew eew.

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 10:32, David Z Maze wrote: Matthew Yee-King [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm running gdm, windowmaker, woody and xfree 4.2. i need to run software on a remote mahcine that outputs to my local X server. On the remote machine, i export DISPLAY=mylocalIP:0 then on my local

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On 14 Jun 2002 11:11:58 -0500 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok... From an xterm window on my local box, I do $ssh -X username@remotehost Then from the command prompt on the remote box, I type $mtr -g www.cox.net and instantly get the error Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 11:11, Ron Johnson wrote: On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 10:32, David Z Maze wrote: Matthew Yee-King [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] Eew eew eew. Don't do that. Debian disables unencrypted X network sessions. But since you're using ssh to log in from one machine to the

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 11:15, Jamin W.Collins wrote: On 14 Jun 2002 11:11:58 -0500 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok... From an xterm window on my local box, I do $ssh -X username@remotehost Then from the command prompt on the remote box, I type $mtr -g www.cox.net and

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Benedikt Wildenhain
Hello, On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 11:48:08AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: Over a local, switched fast ethernet connection, what kind of performance drain will I see tunneling through ssh? Both boxen are GHz+. I only have an 650 MHz, so I cannot say how it will work on your system. Most programs can