Re: X/gnome through ssh, clashes with local gnome?

2007-05-02 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Warren Head [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, you're saying that although I can run things on my server, I shouldn't have expected to get the RDP/VNC extra's (if you can call it that) such as the menu(items), background, windowmanager, etcetera. I basically expected the remote gnome to appear as

Re: X/gnome through ssh, clashes with local gnome?

2007-05-01 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Why are you trying to start a window manager on the remote machine? You only need (or can have) one per session, and in this case (as in most cases), I would expect it to be on the machine that is running the X server (which seems to be your Ubuntu machine). Just log into the FreeBSD machine

Re: X/gnome through ssh, clashes with local gnome?

2007-05-01 Thread Warren Head
2007/5/1, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Why are you trying to start a window manager on the remote machine? You only need (or can have) one per session, and in this case (as in most cases), I would expect it to be on the machine that is running the X server (which seems to be your Ubuntu

Re: X/gnome through ssh, clashes with local gnome?

2007-05-01 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Warren Head [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 2007/5/1, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Why are you trying to start a window manager on the remote machine? You only need (or can have) one per session, and in this case (as in most cases), I would expect it to be on the machine that is running the

X/gnome through ssh, clashes with local gnome?

2007-04-30 Thread WarrenHead
Hi list, I want to connect X from my Ubuntu machine to my local FreeBSD machine, through ssh. Sofar ssh and X are working, but Gnome/GDM/Metacity seem to have issues. I really wonder whether this has something to do with the fact that on Ubuntu I also have Gnome running. Anyway, when I log

Re: X/gnome through ssh, clashes with local gnome?

2007-04-30 Thread Warren Head
2007/4/30, WarrenHead [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi list, I want to connect X from my Ubuntu machine to my local FreeBSD machine, through ssh. Sofar ssh and X are working, but Gnome/GDM/Metacity seem to have issues. I really wonder whether this has something to do with the fact that on Ubuntu I also

Re: X/gnome through ssh, clashes with local gnome?

2007-04-30 Thread Warren Head
2007/4/30, Warren Head [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2007/4/30, WarrenHead [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi list, I want to connect X from my Ubuntu machine to my local FreeBSD machine, through ssh. Sofar ssh and X are working, but Gnome/GDM/Metacity seem to have issues. I really wonder whether this has