it may be worth looking into VNC, http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
and vnc with SSH: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshwin.html its probably the simplist way to get up and goin. but it depends on what apps you want to run (e.g. vmware does not run worth a crap on an vnc X server) nate On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Beavis wrote: beavis >ok, is it possible to open a x-windows interface through a ssh connection beavis >from a remote location all on static IP's? beavis > beavis >DSL to DSL from example. beavis > beavis >more specifically, start x from a ssh client on another system. beavis > beavis >if so, please don't just say it is possible, but explain how beavis > beavis >thankx --beavis-- just a guy from a small town trying to learn something beavis > beavis > beavis >> > I'm currently set up such that I can ssh into my machine at work from beavis >home beavis >> > and all works well as long as I stay within the console session. beavis >However, beavis >> > I'm on a dialup line (no DSL yet...) and use IP masquerading, which beavis >appears beavis >> > to prevent X clients on my work box from connecting to the X server here beavis >at beavis >> > home. beavis >> > beavis >> If you log in via ssh, then you should be able to start x-applications beavis >> out-of-the-box. ssh creates a proxy x-server and thus forwards any beavis >> x-connection through the encrypted connection opened by the masqueraded beavis >> host. beavis >> if it does not work, then check, if "ForwardX11 yes" is in your beavis >> ~/.ssh/config. if it is, then check, how $DISPLAY is set on the remote beavis >> machine after ssh-login. it should be something like <remotemachine>:10.0 beavis >> - if it is not, then ssh does not forward the x-connections ... don't ask beavis >> me, why. beavis >> beavis >> -- beavis >> Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! beavis >> -- beavis >> Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need. beavis >> beavis >> beavis >> -- beavis >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < beavis >/dev/null beavis >> beavis >> beavis > beavis > beavis >-- beavis >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null beavis > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 8:31pm up 7 days, 2:11, 1 user, load average: 0.23, 0.22, 0.13
