on bob go to a virtual terminal and type
X :1 -once -query joe
and then go to the X display that is one past your current one (probably
F8 or F9). I used to export the whole X session from my home machine to
the machine I had in my office in the math dept (oh the days of ethernet
at home!).
Hugh
Ross Werner wrote:
>
> I've got the whole exporting displays thing down, mostly because ssh makes
> it so easy. But I've been wondering, what if I'm on one linux machine, and
> I want to run the entire X session from another machine, but have it show
> up on my monitor.
>
> i.e., I'm sitting at Linux box "bob". It's a 486. On the other side of the
> room is a Linux box named "joe". So I ssh into joe, and want to run
> something like so:
> joe% startx bob:something.something
>
> I've played with putting various numbers in for the somethings, but it
> never seems to work. I know it can be done, 'cos I've seen it before, but
> I'm not exactly sure how. I know how to get two separate X sessions
> running on a single box, one running in F7 and the other in F8, but how do
> you manage that from a /different/ box?
>
> Curiously,
> Ross
>
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