---- Original Message ----- From: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 4:24 PM Subject: Re: Remote linux desktop access
> Quoting "Antonio Rafael C. Paiva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi! > > > > Does anyone know how to have X access remotely through ssh? > > If I open a terminal and connect using ssh I can open specific > > application but not the whole desktop environment, that I would like > > to map to a different display on my machine. > > (I'm using X.org.) > > > > You misunderstand how X forwarding works. The X server runs on your > machine. The clients (running locally or remotely) display on to your > X server. If you > want remote X apps to show up on a different display, then simply start up > another X server on another display (e.g., :1 if :0 is already in use). > > Now, if you are interedted in getting an entire desktop session (and not just > one or two apps) across an SSH connection, then you need to look into > something > like VNC. There are variants which work through a web browser, a regular SSH > connection and so on. You can also create a new (virtual) display that is > exported or stay logged in and export your real display (:0). > > -Roberto > Or you can start a KDE session using startkde. Assuming you can already start other X apps, this should provide a complete KDE environment. I think you can do the same for gnome using gnome-session. Doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
