From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 09:30:53 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 138CC16A41B for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:30:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 60E7E13C447 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:30:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 31 Dec 2007 09:30:50 -0000 Received: from ip176-173-59-62.adsl.versatel.nl (EHLO Rena.FStaals.net) [62.59.173.176] by mail.gmx.net (mp053) with SMTP; 31 Dec 2007 10:30:50 +0100 X-Authenticated: #25365336 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX187ojgFsbw7FjSrYnI0qauCmWmzjpipKLOnCFFsh7 5LJhDDgqKwsa86 Message-ID: <4778B677.2030803@gmx.net> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:29:27 +0100 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071224) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Horne References: <200712241005.45959.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <200712302016.53770.freebsd08@dfwlp.com> <839aec700712301900u5dbde37pb310cefe8c735aee@mail.gmail.com> <200712302206.42479.freebsd08@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200712302206.42479.freebsd08@dfwlp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote x session 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: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:30:53 -0000 Jonathan Horne wrote: > well, the part i didnt mention before, was the method behind the > madness. its > actually a jail-host, with 3 jails running. my intention, is to keep the > latest of kde, gnome, and xfce built on each, and just remotely attach to (or > forward) its x session from my main workstation. i vision it basically > working just like when i sit down to my workstation, and type 'startx'. > > cheers, > Hmmm well may I ask why you want such a setup ? The only advantages I can see are to keep your main-workstation free of the builds for your WMs and the fact that your main system remains somewhat cleaner. But I doubt it will weigh up against the time-costs for your X11 forwarding ? Or am I missing something ? Regards, -- -Frank Staals