On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 10:38:05AM -0700, Dennis Bagley wrote: > expect. Unfortunately I also need to be able to run X Windows to > access certain things that require a GUI.
You can tunnel X, VNC, or NX over SSH, but you need to have the appropriate client/server pieces installed at both ends. Doesn't sound like you have a local X server on whatever system you're running putty from. Using VNC or NX is probably your best bet, since you can set it up to allow either machine to function as a client or a server. And for all you people who swear that NX is faster...sometimes. :) VNC 4 with ZRLE enccoding over a compressed SSH session, with the "-AutoSelect=0 -LowColourLevel 1" flags set, is reasonably speedy even over a typical WAN link, and still usable even over dialup. Plus, it's free and widely deployed. NX has some limitations, but can be faster in some circumstances. YMMV. -- Re-Interpreting Historic Miracles with SED #141: %s/water/wine/g _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
