Hi Isaac,
I don't remember how to run X remotely, although it can
obviously be done. What I've been doing a lot, though,
is running individual X apps from my desktop (upstairs)
on my laptop (downstairs with the stereo and TV ;-)
Here's how you can do it:
1) On Speedy, run the telnet server.
2) On Eve, start KDE, Gnome, etc.
3) On Eve, type the following in a console:
xhost +x.x.x.x
where x.x.x.x is the IP address of Speedy.
4) On Eve, telnet to Speedy in the same console.
It's easier to make an alias that combines the
third and fourth steps.
5) While logged in to Speedy, type the following:
DISPLAY=x.x.x.x:0
where x.x.x.x is the IP address of Eve. After the first
time you do this, it's unlikely you'll type anything else
that begins with a capital D, so a simple
!D
will suffice.
6) Run your favorite X app, and voila!, it'll appear on Eve.
Don't forget to use an ampersand when calling up apps,
so that you get the prompt back (and ability to run other
apps). For instance, when calling up Galeon, type this:
galeon &
Hope this helps,
Miark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Isaac Curtis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 9:56 PM
Subject: [newbie] Concurrent Remote X Login
> I've got a slow box ("Eve") and a fast box ("Speedy") and have been
> playing around with different ways of making the slow one more useable
> as a wait for a 128 stick to arrive. It's proven a great learning
> experience as I've become familiar with many desktop environments/window
> managers as well as learned to do pretty much every day-to-day task
> (email, web browsing, text editing) from the console. My newest goal is
> to be able to slogin to Speedy and run X, displaying it on the Eve's
> monitor. Of course I want Speedy to still be able to go about it's own
> daily business, I'd just like both Speedy and Eve to be able to run off
> the same box. Is that possible? If so, how? Please offer both console
> and gui solutions, if they exist.
>
> Thanks again,
> Isaac
>
>
>
> "There is no K5 Cabal..."
>
>
>
>
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