On 14Feb2007 00:58, Chad Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | heliovas wrote: | > Is this possible to do it?I have a remote server which i can connect | > via ssh. with x tunnelling enabled how do i bring up the gnome desktop | > on my computer? | | I may be wrong, but my understanding is that you can't. You can either | tunnel specific X applications to your computer, or you can connect to | an X server with X itself, which would allow you to bring up the GNOME | desktop. AFAIK, you can't get a desktop with SSH tunneling.
Sure you can, in a few different ways. I have a script called "x@" that starts my X server with a .xsession which "ssh -Y"s to a remote host and runs the session there, eg a gnome-session. The display will be at my end, the apps and all at the far end. Works just fine. "x@" is here: http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css/bin/x@ It just sets $REMOTE_XSESSION_HOST to the desired host and starts xinit, which runs my .xsession. That says: if [ -n "$REMOTE_XSESSION_HOST" ] then remote_xsession "$REMOTE_XSESSION_HOST" & else ... my normal local X session clients ... And remote_xsession is here: http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css/bin/remote_xsession which sshes to the far end, sets a bunch of variables, then runs my X11 session there. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ What if there were no hypothetical situations? - Jeff Sauder To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
