On Monday 17 November 2008 10:00:07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> am <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Monday 17 November 2008 06:10:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> ask SLUG and you end up with 5 different ways of doing it.      :-)
> >>
> >> Thanks all. I should be able to get at least one of those working.
> >>
> >> Daniel,
> >>
> >> most common problem I come across doing it the remote X11 way is no
> >> display setup. And never sure which particular variable it is that the
> >> relevant appl. wants. Aside from that however, the wish to run the
> >> 'desktop' (a.k.a Window Manager - I guess) is so I can leave programs
> >> running, log in and check on their progress.
> >
> > There are tantalizing hints in TBM but I've not made any work, so anyone
> > ...
> >
> > I'm logged into THIS machine and I want to run a program on THIS
> > machine but display on THAT machine.
>
> Which machine are you physically located in front of?  Specifically, are
> you sitting in front of THAT, and logged in to THIS via ssh?
>
> If so it should be as simple as passing '-X' to your ssh session, and
> running your application on THIS.
>
> If that /doesn't/ work, can you post:
>
>     ssh THIS env | grep DISPLAY
>     ssh THIS type xauth
>     ssh -X -v THIS /usr/bin/xterm
>
> (If you don't have /usr/bin/xterm on THIS then, please, substitute some
>  other X11 program that is installed.)
>
> That will help work out where the process is going wrong

Not a trivial question :-) and not as simple as -X ....

I'm sitting in front of THIS machine, and logged in
I run a program on this machine, say xeyes or xmsg
I want the display of that program on THAT machine

James
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