On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Leo Huang wrote: > I am running RH8. I tried to run X remotely over ssh, the following > message is displayed on my Putty, and it hangs. I have to use Ctrl+C to > terminate. Any idea about how to run X over ssh?
You don't run the X server, you run the X clients. You need to have a *local* X server on your Windows box (e.g. MiX, Exceed, Reflections, or even XFree86 under Cygwin) to run X clients. If you have a local X server, just type xterm (or whatever) in your SSH terminal, and the remote X client will will connect to your local X server, provided that you've enabled X Forwarding in Putty. If none of what I've said makes any sense to you at all, use VNC instead. In some cases (e.g. running VMware on a remote box) tightvnc with "-quality 4 -compresslevel 6" on an uncompressed ssh tunnel is much faster than X, no matter how much compression you use on your tunnel. As always, your mileage may vary, and shares may be worth more or less at the time of redemption. :) -- "Of course I'm in shape! Round's a shape, isn't it?" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
