Re: running x over ssh?

[awesome-dave1 juno com]

Hi,
	What I'd like to have happen is start an ssh session in to a machine,
then load x, so that the output appears on my ssh terminal.
Dave.


On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 18:03:27 +1000 Cameron Simpson <cs zip com au> writes:
> On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 01:53:35AM -0400, awesome-dave1 juno com 
> <awesome-dave1 juno com> wrote:
> | > | 	I was wondering if it's possible to run x windows over 
> an 
> | > ssh link? If
> | > | so, can someone give me step-by-step instructions?
> | > 
> | > Sure. I'm doing it right now. Set the "ForwardX11 flag in your 
> | > ~/.ssh/config:
> | > 
> | > 	Host *
> | > 		ForwardX11 yes
> | > 
> | > to do it by default. For a per-command instance, on the command 
> | > line:
> | > 
> | > 	ssh -o 'forwardx11 yes' hostname
> | > 
> | > (The option names are case insensitive.)
> |
> | 	Ok, thank you. I did that, now it's saying when I run 
> startx that it
> | can't connect to display.
> 
> I think we misunderstand each other. The above if for sshing to a 
> remote host
> _after_ starting X, so that the remote host can run X programs and 
> have them
> appear on your screen.  Can you describe your situation in more 
> detail? And
> exactly what you're doing, in what order?
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Cameron Simpson, DoD#743        cs zip com au    
> http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/
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