From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 23 17:33:38 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 ACFA516A421 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:33:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from sarevok.dnr.servegame.org (b83183.upc-b.chello.nl [212.83.83.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B58613C559 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:33:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from snoogles.rachie.is-a-geek.net (unknown [66.230.99.27]) by sarevok.dnr.servegame.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D64CB98F for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:33:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by snoogles.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76C4D1CDEE for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:33:31 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:33:26 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200709231331.l8NDVQaS030595@sonic.gv.net> <26ddd1750709230935i72184555qc6aaefa77e07ff04@mail.gmail.com> <200709231754.28312.freebsd01@dgmm.net> In-Reply-To: <200709231754.28312.freebsd01@dgmm.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200709231933.28871.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> 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 17:33:38 -0000 On Sunday 23 September 2007 18:54:28 dgmm wrote: > On Sunday 23 September 2007, Maxim Khitrov wrote: > > 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. > > Agreed! > > As a complete noob to running remote apps, I had it going in minutes from a > WinXP laptop with putty/cygwin/X. As you say, just tick/check the X11 > forwarding box in Putty. Sure that works. As you can also take a plane to visit the neighbors. > Although the OP mentioned Gnome. Not sure if you could run a whole desktop > over it or even if that would be desirable. If you're on a local network, it can be convenient to control the entire desktop in the few cases where programs can only be controlled via GUI, but for configuring a few web-enabled interfaces, it will take you 10 times longer then just forwarding the control port and using a local browser. Aside from that, last time I tried (a few years back), at least the window manager needs to be installed locally for truly forwarded X11 connections, you can't be logged in under X as that user on the remote machine and by the time I had cygwin setup and working, I would've configured cups 3 times over on the remote machine, using a simple port forward. -- Mel