On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 11:05 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > I'm having trouble running evolution remotely, that is > ssh -X othersystem > othersystem> evolution & > > This used to work pretty reliably when I did an evolution > --force-shutdown first, but no longer. The window either does not > appear, or appears and works for awhile, and then stops repainting. The > latter seems to happen when I switch virtual desktops and switch back. > > Previous messages suggest that the problem is that evolution launches by > sending a request to bonobo-activation server, which is running outside > of my ssh session. > > Is there a way to get things working OK, i.e., having the display appear > on my local machine? It would also be fine if I could run evo on my > local machine but have it talk to the remote server.
The remote server for what? If it's a mail server, no problem, just configure Evo as normal. Otherwise, not so much. > I'm on Debian Lenny, evo 2.22.3.1 > libbonobo2-0 2.22.0-1 > The local and remote machines are both running KDE, though the remote > session is not. Not important. > Any suggestions? Thanks. Sounds like you want VNC. This runs a second X server on the remote machine and sends the I/O back and forth to your local machine via a VNC client. The advantage is that you have an entire remote desktop session (not just a remote application). Also, the I/O protocol tends to be much more efficient than pure X. You can even share the same desktop session between the two machines, e.g. start typing a message at the office, leave Evo running, go home and continue typing the same message. There's a lot of info out there on setting this up. Google is your friend. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
