From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 16:36:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B479516A41B; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:36:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from ms-smtp-04.rdc-kc.rr.com (ms-smtp-04.rdc-kc.rr.com [24.94.166.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 765F313C45A; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:36:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from corinth.polands.org (CPE-75-87-219-217.new.res.rr.com [75.87.219.217]) by ms-smtp-04.rdc-kc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l7OEnF1m027094; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:49:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ammon.polands.org (ammon.polands.org [172.16.1.7]) by corinth.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l7OEnEMl024820; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:49:14 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from ammon.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ammon.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l7OEnELA091343; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:49:14 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@ammon.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by ammon.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l7OEnAHW091342; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:49:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp) Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:49:09 -0500 From: Doug Poland To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Message-ID: <1187911400.00791552.1187901003@10.7.7.3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1187911399.00791551.1187901003@10.7.7.3> X-Orig-Message-ID: <20070823202507.GA47987@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/4052/Fri Aug 24 08:47:56 2007 on corinth.polands.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: brooks@freebsd.org Subject: Re: minimum x11 apps for ssh support X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:36:33 -0000 On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 04:00:01PM -0400, Eric W. Bates wrote: > Brooks said: > > Kind of a dumb question, I suppose; but I'm a little tired of > > installing some 200+ x11 libs and apps simply to provide ssh > > X-forwarding for emacs on a server. > > > > I can live with installing all the libs, but does anyone know what the > > minimum app install is to support X-forwarding? (remarkable difficult > > to discover on Google). I assume xauth is needed; but what else? > > That should be it. > Hmmm, I just tried portinstall x11/xauth and that did not provide X-forwarding. I'm curious to see what you come up with, as I'm sure you're not the only one with this requirement. -- Regards, Doug