as long as you have an X server running somewhere (the server is what is attached to the display), you can run programs (clients) anywhere, local or remote. so yes, a headless server can run X programs that display elsewhere.
see the faq, section 11. On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:55:16 +0100 Paolo Aglialoro <[email protected]> wrote: > Does this also work when u do it from OpenBSD to a headless (just no video > card) OpenBSD server? Can I run X stuff on that remote box too? > > Il 14/dic/2014 05:46 "Edgar Pettijohn" <[email protected]> ha scritto: > > > > On Dec 13, 2014, at 8:51 PM, Hugo Villeneuve wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 07:12:07PM -0600, Edgar Pettijohn wrote: > > >> I can't seem to figure out how to startx over ssh. I seem to be > > >> getting closer, but not sure where the problem lays. I'm connecting > > >> to an OpenBSD 5.6 box from an iMac. It really isn't necessary but > > >> Its bugging me that I can't figure it out. > > >> > > >> $ ssh -X 192.168.1.5 -l root > > >> [email protected]'s password: > > >> Last login: Sat Dec 13 18:17:13 2014 from 192.168.1.4 > > >> OpenBSD 5.6 (GENERIC) #0: Fri Dec 12 22:23:14 CST 2014 > > >> > > > > > > I'm not sure what you want to acheive. > > > > > > "startx" without arguments should only be run from the server console > > > directly. That is, startx run X which takes over the server video > > > card, keyboard and mouse. I will do nothing on the computer you > > > "ssh" from. > > > > > > When I want a "full" X session from a remote server to be displayed > > > locally. I use "Xnest", a special X server that is just a client > > > to another one. > > > > > > If you have XQuartz on your Mac, run something like: > > > > > > ssh -X hostname -l user "/usr/X11R6/bin/startx -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest > :5 -once -geometry 1600x900" > > > > > > (Maybe I completly misunderstood what you meant.) > > > > > > > > > > You sir are a genius.
