Joachim Backes wrote:
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
freenx looks like what I am looking for. I am going to call this solved
until I can give it a try.
Thanks all.
Mike D.
