Remote X

[Gilboa Davara]

On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 14:56 +0100, Jonathan Allen wrote:
> Gilboa Davara wrote:
> > Jonathan Allen wrote:
> > > 
> > > Has anyone had any success getting remote X sessions running between
> > > machines over the open Net using ssh pipes ?  I've been looking at
> > > the FreeNX tool but wondered if there is any easy way to just make
> > > this happen - any tricks and tips anyone would care to share ?
> > 
> > ssh -Y ssh_host
> > (As long as SSH forwarding is enabled in the sshd server sshd_config
> > file)
> 
> And what do you type at the shell prompt to actually start the X session
> at the remote end and display it locally ?
> 
> Jonathan

In theory (as long as your X server supports it), startkde/gnome-session
will work.
-However- if you already have a running session (Read: You didn't start
ssh under nested X and/or Windows), it won't work.

Gilboa