On 20 November 2013 12:57, Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> wrote: >> The obvious solution is to install a DE. The machine is too old and >> slow. I don't want to install a DE unless necessary. > > This is probably the easiest question to answer. If you do "ssh -X > lizard", then SSH will set up what is known as "X forwarding"; that is, > it sets up port forwarding and environment variables so that programs on > lizard will use the display on fox. > > For example: > fox$ xboard # fox executes xboard and displays locally > fox$ ssh -X lizard > lizard$ xboard # lizard executes xboard and displays on fox >
Hi Darac, Yep, this solved indeed. First I tried and got an error. I thought it would be because of the fact there is no x-server. But it was just the case of editing sshd_conf and allow port forward. Great! Thanks. One to go. >> [Fox] -> ssh -> [Lizard] -> xboard-protocol -> [Flik] <- >> xboard-protocol <- [netizens] > > One possibility might be to use "screen" or "tmux" to provide a > detachable console. I don't know if the exact details of this are > possible, but it might be possible to do the following: > > fox$ ssh lizard > lizard$ screen # starts a new screen session > lizard$ xboard-server # Somehow run xboard in a text-only mode > lizard$ Ctrl+A Ctrl+D # Detach the screen session. xboard continues > to run in the background > lizard$ logout I apt-get-installed screen and Ctrl-A-D worked as a charm. The real mystery now is how to run xboard! :) This line: > fox$ xboard # Fox connects to the xboard server in the same way > that flik does. Just to clarify, I think you meant: fox$ xboard -ics Flik # Fox connects to Flik server the same way other players (netizens) do. > In other words, we treat Flik and Fox the same (as clients, talking the > xboard protocol to lizard, which runs purely as a server). > Flik is the ICS (internet chess server, or xboard server), not a client. Thanks! Beco. -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them" (Aristotle) -- 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/caluyw2zljxjgh_nlkaohzs_ru+av0kfp674fbmkd3se-wsz...@mail.gmail.com
