From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 23 16:35:38 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3367D16A41B for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:35:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mkhitrov@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA59013C465 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:35:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mkhitrov@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so1070707rvb for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:35:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=NXOd7iLju5OEomu+bEdS7mjGAKv+hARO1LAGngUwqlQ=; b=JmXRMThWNM+Tyf/Mwv0npKq5w+LpUUGt9JLooD1FILLHReQVgBaoZe3wlr02vDFUfznrIlAaxlB4VlSvLyC6vfdoCyInFrt3zy7IlfpbAzTmMFMXs+XxjISCXi4EwvRJ2hGwmU3Yn4aTnoySaAe/+q1b+ZaebARZT1trZdZnC04= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=lfp44EFrSmF5pln1EZcsgvqN6Sdk/ywyriw1IhO185p1b4JQMRgg9l0aU/pKM1RMqBGjgnsglhpippBIV8m9ZWuNAvndOFTfsSXzwIAT+7Xvz0i/38l7dXgIU5MAHgA/fu9/h8pcgGm5Rq2i2Gmue4otp+3sG53Y1FN81UM4QPU= Received: by 10.142.103.6 with SMTP id a6mr1489592wfc.1190565337417; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:35:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.211.11 with HTTP; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:35:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <26ddd1750709230935i72184555qc6aaefa77e07ff04@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:35:37 -0400 From: "Maxim Khitrov" To: Mel In-Reply-To: <200709231613.01830.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200709231331.l8NDVQaS030595@sonic.gv.net> <200709231613.01830.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Timothy McGee Subject: Re: Gnome & FreeBSD from putty X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:35:38 -0000 On 9/23/07, Mel wrote: > On Sunday 23 September 2007 15:35:00 Timothy McGee wrote: > > > Any way of running Gnome or Firefox from putty remotely? What's the best > > way to test for the displays setup, etc? > > > > I'd like to keep it really simple for rebooting radios & equipment that > > require a web interface. My first attempt simply so display not configured > > and am really rusy on my unix. FreeBSD & I'm very rusty. > > If all you need is access to web interfaces on localhost of the remote > machine, setup a portforward and access it with your local browser. Putty > being a windows program, you probably won't get remote X to work anyway. Not true. Install Cygwin/X on your local machine (http://x.cygwin.com/), configure PuTTY to forward X11 packets, login to the server and run firefox. Depending on your exact configuration, you may need to tinker with the settings a bit. Usually, however, it works with no additional effort. - Max