On 06/29/2011 09:00 AM, Rich wrote:
On 06/27/2011 08:50 PM, David wrote:
Today, the default for remote X11 sessions is to start a local X
server, ssh into a remote host and start the x11 app.
At a previous employer, we ran Hummingbird X11 on the desktops and
had icons on our desktops for XTerm sessions on the various UNIX
servers (Solaris). For example, double the icon for xterm on server
abc123, and an xterm window opened and you then logged into the
server, not that different from using putty.
For the sake of learning, I'm looking to create a similar setup at
home between my desktop with xming and my home centos 5 server, but I
haven't had much luck finding any info. The closest thing I can find
is enabling GDM with XDMCP, but that's more than what I'm looking
for. I just want xterm, not a full desk top.
Does anyone have any info on setting up such a configuration? Maybe
this was/is a Solaris specific thing?
Check out VNC server / client.
For home use it works, over the wan it might be slower.
http://www.realvnc.com/index.html
Just run the VNC server on your server box, and then have the client
connect.
Sorry, read to fast :)
You would need to setup and xdm on another display (just a session).
Then look at the command xhost to grant permission for your client.
On the client, just ssh in with X forwarding enabled, and then startx
with the display number you gave.
A new window will appear on the client with a full X11 session.
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