Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:57:33 +0100 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd@celestial.com, Gary Hartl <ghartl@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Running X without a videocard Message-ID: <200811191057.34292.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <000001c949e4$35403020$9fc09060$@com> References: <006b01c949da$2985e9f0$7c91bdd0$@com> <20081119001952.GA28809@ayn.mi.celestial.com> <000001c949e4$35403020$9fc09060$@com>
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On Wednesday 19 November 2008, Gary Hartl wrote: > Whoa this is way beyond me I think...can you direct me to a howto or the > like. > > X11 over SSH good lord....i'm out of touch with *NIX.. > Am i to understand that i could run a pretty nice (not gnome or kde) but > one of the less intense interfaces over ssh (this is on an internal network > so connection speed isn't an issue. > > 6 years, and I have admin alzheimers' > > Thanks X11 over ssh is as simple as: workstation-with-X> ssh -Y <headlessbox> headlessbox> xterm Or even shorter: ssh -Y <headlessbox> xterm To enable X11 over SSH you need to at least have xauth installed on the headless box (and ofcourse the X program you're trying to run, in my example xterm). -- Pieter de Goeje
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