From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 3 09:22:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8703716A422 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:22:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FD5B43D49 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:22:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id k139MgJj007806 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2006 01:22:42 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.23] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id k139Mgof020276 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2006 01:22:42 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <200602022149.17302.akbeech@alaskaparadise.com> References: <200602022149.17302.akbeech@alaskaparadise.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <9BA4D4B1-2B06-4FD4-89B4-13181457C490@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 01:23:59 -0800 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __STOCK_CRUFT 0' Subject: Re: remote x-window 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: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:22:43 -0000 On Feb 2, 2006, at 10:48 PM, Beech Rintoul wrote: > I have sort of a newbie question. How do I connect to a remote > machine with > x-windows and get a desktop? Could someone point me in the right > direction as > I've never had a need to to do it before. I do have ssh to the > machine. > > Beech > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------- > Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - akbeech@alaskaparadise.com > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise Travel > \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 > X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 > / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------- For strictly a X11 forwarded solution, do something like the following: user@local_host $ ssh -CY user@remote_host user@remote_host $ twm& # or xfwm4 or something else like that. For a VNC solution, I suggest using x11vnc. By using SSH forwarding and compression you can easily attach to a preexisting desktop session. -Garrett