Any idea if there is currently a project for a non-X windows GUI for Linux such as the GUI for MacOS X?
At 06:24 AM 5/5/2003, you wrote: >Without going into a lot of detail, X is designed so that it can work as a >tcp/ip client/server application. Secure shell (sometimes) is configured >to tunnel X connections by default. Therefore, your application was >running on the client machine and the machine that you were sitting on was >acting as the X server. Everything was done through an encrypted >tunnel. There is no need to do any remote desktop thingy configuration on >Unix, since it usually runs X and it is by default usable as a remote desktop. > >Shannon > >Karthik Poobalasubramanian wrote: > >>Hi all >> I had finally managed to put in mandrake on my desktop with X working >> quite well. Now on the desktop running Mandrake I had configured a >> webserver, sshd, Well just few minutes back i used secure shell from my >> laptop running redhat 9.1 logged on to the desktop. just out of >> curiosity i just typed in kmail after i logged in. And the kmail client >> opened. I could see all my mails which are on the desktop and i could >> send and receive mails as if i am using the kmail on my desktop. Now >> could somebody explain to me how this happened? I never even configured >> the remote desktop program. I have also not configured the kmail client >> on the laptop. In fact i am typing this mail from my laptop using the >> kmail client on my desktop. I am not sure hoe much of this makes >> sense to anyone. but here's the stuff that is echoed before the program >> starts >>******************************************************************** >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] karthik]$ kbuildsycoca running... >>Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". >>libGL error: failed to open DRM: Operation not permitted >>libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering >>Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". >>libGL error: failed to open DRM: Operation not permitted >>libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering >>Id '1' was already in done-list! >>Id '4' was already in done-list! >>Id '5' was already in done-list! >>Id '6' was already in done-list! >>Id '7' was already in done-list! >>Id '8' was already in done-list! >>Id '9' was already in done-list! >>Id '3.1-update-identities' was already in done-list! >>Id '3.1-use-identity-uoids' was already in done-list! >>Id '3.1-new-mail-notification' was already in done-list! >>Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". >>libGL error: failed to open DRM: Operation not permitted >>******************************************************************************** >> >>I am still looking for an explanation for this...! >>Cheers, >>Karthik >> >>_______________________________________________ >>General mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
