Re: graphical environment in a text session?
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Date: 08/18/04
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Date: 18 Aug 2004 18:21:44 GMT
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:06:09 -0400, Madhusudan Singh staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
> Luis P. Mendes wrote:
>> if I have two computers running Linux, where the server is an
>> uptodate one and the other one is only running in text mode, with no
>> X server installed in it, is it possible to have graphical
>> applications running on this one using the server's X server?
Your question isn't quite clear. I think this is what you meant:
"I have 2 Linux machines, machine1 and machine2. machine1 has X and
some X applications installed; machine2 does not. Can I start an X
application running on machine1 and displaying to machine1:0 from
machine2 after I've logged in via ssh or telnet?" (Don't use telnet;
ssh is much more secure and a lot more convenient.)
> I would imagine not (someone please correct me if I am wrong).
> Exporting display requires that X be running on the client machine at
> least.
Yes, if you want to run an X application on machine1 and have it display
on machine2, an X server must be running on machine2.
But if you merely want to start an X application on machine1 and have it
display on machine1, you can do that. Like so:
(log in to kdm or use startx as user "username" to generate a valid
.Xauthority file)
username@machine2:~$ ssh -x machine1
username@machine1:~$ export DISPLAY=:0
username@machine1:~$ xeyes &
...and xeyes will start up on machine1 and display to machine1, no
problem. If you want to start up an X application and have it continue
after you've logged out of machine1, put "nohup" in front of the
command. HTH,
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