nx? nomachines.com. I used it to access my work desktop from my home (winxp) machine. You can connect to either a running X session, or to a new X session. HTH, Amit
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Voytek Eymont <[email protected]> wrote: > what are the best/simple options for casual access to a remote Linux host > desktop ? > > what do I need to do on remote host to make it ready ? > > I have a java gui application I'd like to try, but, don't have a Linux > machine here, so wanted to try it remotely > > I tried searching and found Xming, that start up command line and: > > -----------xming window--------- > [r...@centos ~]# startx > hostname: Unknown host > xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.16464 > > > X Window System Version 7.1.1 > Release Date: 12 May 2006 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1 > Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.el5 i686 Red Hat, Inc. > Current Operating System: Linux centos.sbt.net.au 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 #1 > SMP Mon > Oct 25 15:51:07 EDT 2010 i686 > Build Date: 17 November 2010 > Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.2 > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org > to make sure that you have the latest version. > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Jan 9 10:36:36 2011 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" > The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > > Warning: Multiple symbols for level 1/group 1 on key <I5F> > > Using XF86Sleep, ignoring XF86Standby > > Warning: Symbol map for key <I5F> redefined > > Using last definition for conflicting fields > Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server > localuser:root being added to access control list > No profile for user 'root' found > SESSION_MANAGER=local/centos.sbt.net.au:/tmp/.ICE-unix/16485 > > ** (gnome-session:16485): WARNING **: Host name lookup failure on > localhost. > > ** (eggcups:16560): WARNING **: IPP request failed with status 1030 > > ** (eggcups:16560): WARNING **: IPP request failed with status 1030 > > ** (nm-applet:16590): WARNING **: No connections defined > > ** (nm-applet:16590): WARNING **: Invalid return value type: > GPtrArray_DBusGObje > ctPath_ > Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension > > --------- > > > -- > Voytek > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
