> If you want > to run a remote desktop in an already running X session, use "Xnest > -query remote_host". Ah yes, I knew I would forget one ;) BTW : In the above command you need to specific the display number, otherwise it defaults to :0 and thus will complain as that is normally your current X session. Just run for instance > Xnest :10 -query remote_host to start Xnest using display 10 (10 is an example, any number will do) see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xnest for more details Chris