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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
