So... I dont know if this was cleared up but these are the steps you need to take to run remote X app's over ssh. In my example, the remote machine is portapotty, the local machine is bubba.
(on portapottty) On the remote machine you need to edit your ssh config (/etc/ssh/ssh_config in my case) and allow the ssh client to run X apps (withought doing the -X) make sure your config has these lines enabled. host bubba ForwardX11 yes on your local computer you will want to allow portapotty to have access to your x server, at the command prompt type: xhost +portapotty (then you should see a message saying something like: portapotty being added to access control list then ssh into the remote box... ssh portapotty login, then set the display variable so your session will know where to display xapplications (on the local machine (bubba)) with bash its like this: export DISPLAY="bubba:0.0" now you should be able to run remote x applications, start with something simple like xclock or xterm. xclock & (the "&" means run in the background allowing you to continue using your shell...) after that is working, you might want to write a little script to save you the hassle of setting host and display... You may need to adjust hostnames (to FQDN or IP to work right on your network...) Jamie On Monday 18 August 2003 12:42 pm, Linux Rocks! wrote: : You can actually do a lot with that laptop probably... including wirless : ltsp type of thing! : : Jamie : : Rob Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : > So, since my laptop is pretty slow by today's standards (P233), is it : > possible to use the laptop as a terminal and use my workstation as the : > real computer behind the scenes? : > : > I think the trick would be the necessary network drivers to at least : > connect to my workstation. : > : > -Rob : > _______________________________________________ : > EuG-LUG mailing list : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug : : _______________________________________________ : EuG-LUG mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- ���`����,��,����`�������`����,��,����`�������`����,��,����`���� The Famous Joke of the Day One Liner! Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat. _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
