From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 30 03:01:44 2009 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 8B1A71065673 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:01:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from smtpq4.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq4.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.34.167]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A288FC15 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:01:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from [212.54.34.136] (helo=smtp5.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq4.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MLTbK-0001eJ-Oq; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:01:42 +0200 Received: from [84.25.72.219] (helo=ra.egypt.nl) by smtp5.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MLTaa-00016F-Cw; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:56 +0200 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (xp.egypt.nl [192.168.13.35]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B885139849; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:54 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4A497FE5.4080602@boosten.org> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:53 +0200 From: Peter Boosten User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Naumov References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-ID: 1MLTaa-00016F-Cw X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-0.186, required 5, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_40 -0.18, SPF_PASS -0.00) X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-From: peter@boosten.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configuring and ssh tunneling xorg from a headless FreeBSD machine 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: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:01:44 -0000 Dan Naumov wrote: > Hello list. > > I have the following setup: a Windows Vista x64 SP1 machine (my > primary desktop) and a FreeBSD 7.2/amd64 running on a home NAS system > that's relatively powerful (Intel Atom 330 dualcore, 2gb ram). I would > like to be able to run xorg and a simple desktop on the headless > FreeBSD NAS and be able to interact with it from my Vista machine. > What are the steps I need to take for this? Obviously I need to build > xorg and some sort of a wm (probably gnome2-lite) on the FreeBSD > machine and install an xserver on the Vista machine, but then what? > Any pointers to guides and such are welcome. > You do not need a wm on the FreeBSD machine, since your Vista machine already is (with the right software of course, like Xming). If you want to tunnel your X traffic through ssh, then you'll need a ssh client on Vista as well. Putty will suffice. I think that's it: start Xming, ssh into your FreeBSD, your DISPLAY environment will be set to localhost:10.0 (that's the default offset). and fire some X client (say xterm) and it will show on your Vista. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org