Remote XWindows

[Joachim Backes]

Konstantin Svist wrote:
> Mike Dwiggins wrote:
>> Konstantin Svist wrote:
>>> Mike Dwiggins wrote:
>>>> Konstantin Svist wrote:
>>>>> Mike Dwiggins wrote:
>>>>>> Dumb beginner question here.  What is the best software to use to 
>>>>>> set up an SSH X-Windows session?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am doing well with putty but have hit a point where I need to 
>>>>>> bring up my browser in a remote session..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike D.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Depends on what you're trying to achieve.
>>>>> With ssh, you can run this to execute the application remotely but 
>>>>> have it displayed locally:
>>>>> $ ssh -Y <remote_host> <application>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want it to be displayed remotely as well, you'll want to 
>>>>> look into VNC
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, maybe you want to run the application locally but use remote 
>>>>> user profile. Then you can map remote path to a local directory 
>>>>> with sshfs and point the local application to the data (it will 
>>>>> appear to any application as if it were local).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> HTH
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I have been thinking VNC.  My problem is I travel a lot and have to 
>>>> manage a couple of applications that use x-windows control panels 
>>>> for my wife's business and am looking for the most efficient way.
>>>>
>>>> I can do it quite well if I am home but am looking for the best 
>>>> solution for remote.  Sigh I guess I am going to have to dig into VNC.
>>>>
>>>> Mike D.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Again, if you don't need the applications to be displayed on the 
>>> actual machine where they run, ssh -Y is a very robust solution. I've 
>>> ran many applications  - e.g. text editors, control panels, even 
>>> gparted (disk partitioning software) and all worked without a hitch 
>>> and were very fast. The best part is that ssh is already there :)
>>>
>>> Remote desktop VNC (a la windows VNC) is very slow because it needs 
>>> to send a video stream back and forth. "Traditional" VNC is 
>>> annoying/hard to set up; most of the time it's just not worth the 
>>> effort.
>>>
>>>
>> Tried that route, I think?  What I get at startx is the message 
>> "Server is already active for display 0".
>>
>> VNC is a world I don't want to get into but, will if I must.
>>
>>
> 
> umm.. you shouldn't start X windows with ssh -Y
> The idea is that X is already running on the remote machine - and you're 
> starting a single application remotely - but it will appear in your 
> local X.
> 
> Don't switch PTYs, stay in your logged in X session, then open a 
> terminal on your computer, then "ssh -Y <remote machine> <application>" 
> and it will work.
> 
> 
> 

Hi,

you should think about nx/freenx, would be a very good option.
See also http://www.nomachine.com/ or http://www.2x.com/

Regards
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Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
University of Kaiserslautern,Computer Center [RHRK],
Systems and Operations, High Performance Computing,
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