On Wed, 2011-06-29 at 09:07 -0400, Rich wrote: > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
I used VNC and it's variants for a long time on my boxen, until I started NoMachine (http://www.nomachine.com/) which IIRC, tunnels everything through SSH natively. Quite nice. It's been a while since I had a need to use it, so I cannot speak for it's newer versions, but when I used it (pre 3.x days, I think) it was slick. ~k
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