On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 19:57 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:00 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > 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 was thinking of the evolution back end. I have feeling the only > back-end server might evolution-data-server, and that only handles stuff > like the address book, not email.
Indeed. The name is somewhat confusing. You reasonably can't run e-d-s on one machine and the Evo front-end on another, and it wouldn't do you much good even if you could. > Either way, I think I'm in the "not > so much" category. > > > > > > 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. > Thanks for the tip. It not only helps me, but someone who asked on an > unrelated list about something that worked like screen for X. > > I still wish that evo just worked with X, the way most other > applications do. Maybe it's a general GNOME thing? I've no doubt this can be done, i.e. it's not a fundamental problem with Evo (or Gnome), but VNC is probably easier. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
