On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 03:11:51 -0400, Eric d'Halibut wrote: > I'm thinking that in order to set up a remote X login to a given > machine, that X must be running and configured on that machine.
I think you can make use of x forwarding, that is, running the X server from machine where you are connecting, not from the one you connect to. And there is also xvfb with VNC, NX... > But X doesn't want to configure itself on a "virtual private server" > that has NO PHYSICAL VIDEO CARD, or so it seems to me at present. For this I can't tell. I dunno if Xorg needs any kind of device (being real or virtual) in order to be properly launched. But for xvfb that should be fine. > But surely all the computing horsepower I have available to me in my > virtual private server (to which I have of course root access) can be > put in the service of providing X access to that server. Am I crazy, or > how do I set up X for remote login on a machine with no video card, or > even no physical existence? Do you want to run a full DE session or just run a bunch of X applications? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.06.26.10.56...@gmail.com
