Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:41:24 +0100 From: "R. Zoontjens" <richard@radecom.nl> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: X Remotely on a Win2k Box Message-ID: <LGELIHAAGFPLCGDLOGMAAEJMCNAA.richard@radecom.nl> In-Reply-To: <3DD1B6E9.1080506@mac.com>
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> Brian McCann wrote: > > Hi all...I tried searching through the archives to find some > > help...but there was WAY to much returned. So...here's my question. I > > need to be able to open an X session (complete with KDE and all) from a > > Win2k Box. I've got Xmanager for Win2k, and I can connect and get an > > xterm session via ssh, but when I type startx, it starts up X on the > > console. I would have thought it would have grabbed the name/number of > > the display I was currently logged into to send the output to. Anyone > > know how I can do this, or a good site with a how-to? > > what's your $DISPLAY value set to? If it's :0.0, you need to set > it to be the host you're connecting from. try: > > export DISPLAY=<remotehost>:0.0 > > where <remotehost> is where your ssh connection originates. Why don't you try Tightvnc? its in the potrs dir under /usr/ports/net/tightvnc It's also possible to tunnel it over ssh www.tightvnc.org also see: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ --- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, R.J. Zoontjens ____ __ / __ \____ _____/ /_/ _________ ____ ___ / /_/ / __ `/ __ / _ \/ ___/ __ \/ __ `__ \ / _, _/ /_/ / /_/ / __/ /__/ /_/ / / / / / / /_/ |_|\__,_/\__,_/\___/\___/\____/_/ /_/ /_/ Dit bericht kan vertrouwelijke informatie bevatten. Indien u niet de geadresseerde van dit bericht bent, verzoeken wij u dit bericht te vernietigen zonder van de inhoud kennis te nemen en de inhoud ervan niet te gebruiken, niet te kopieren en niet onder derden te verspreiden. This message may contain information which is privileged or confidential. If you are not the named addressee of this message please destroy it without reading, using, copying or disclosing its contents to any other person. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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