On Sun, January 9, 2011 11:36 am, Michael Chesterton wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Voytek Eymont <[email protected]> wrote:
Amit, Michael, thanks
> startx as root user is bad karma, and not the right step for Xming.
I did try non-root 1st of all, after it told me I lacked ownership, I
figured, (obviously wrongly), that I should gain more authority..:
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PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.
Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
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> You start Xming on your windows desktop, ssh to centos and run the java
> app. I usually test first by running xeyes.
OK, I got the xeyes from Xming cli invocation
so, do I run in Xming like:
java -classpath classpathstuffhere ?
> That's boiled down in a
> nutshell. The app runs on the centos box and the display runs on your
> windows box. There's no display running on centos, so you don't run
> startx.
> I like freenx though, (it might be easier to get the free commercial
> version from http://nomachine.com ). It works better over slower links
> than X.
thanks, I'll try that. the Centos system is across ethernet away
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Voytek
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