Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 12:03:39PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > This is true. However, I see far too many people advocating "xhost +" > and disabling "-nolisten tcp", when the first attempt should be an "ssh > -X". If this turns out to be too slow for the necessary task (unlikel

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi Karsten, I agree you whole heartedly. On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 12:03:39PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > Restore it. You were given bad advice whose implications you don't > > > understand. ^^^ I missed the last part of your phrase. I guess C

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Jun 16, 2002, Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 11:44:33PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Fri, Jun 14, 2002, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 11:11, Ron Johnson wrote: <...> > > > > Any ideas? Colin Watson says to remo

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 11:40:21PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Jun 14, 2002, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Yes. Remove '-nolisten tcp' from whatever starts your X server if you ^^ ["want to do this" sni

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 11:44:33PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Jun 14, 2002, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 11:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > > <...> > > > > Any ideas? Colin Watson says to remove '-nolisten tcp' from > > > the script that starts the local

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jun 14, 2002, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 11:11, Ron Johnson wrote: <...> > > Any ideas? Colin Watson says to remove '-nolisten tcp' from > > the script that starts the local X. I'm going to try that now. > > Progress!! After removing '-nolisten tcp'

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jun 14, 2002, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [Regarding X11 tunnelled over ssh] > Over a local, switched fast ethernet connection, what kind of > performance drain will I see tunneling through ssh? Both boxen are > GHz+. Depends on what you're doing. For text-based apps, little

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jun 14, 2002, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 01:21:59PM +0100, Matthew Yee-King wrote: > > I'm running gdm, windowmaker, woody and xfree 4.2. i need to run > > software on a remote mahcine that outputs to my local X server. On the > > remote machine, i exp

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Benedikt Wildenhain
Hello, On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 11:48:08AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Over a local, switched fast ethernet connection, what kind of > performance drain will I see tunneling through ssh? Both boxen > are GHz+. I only have an 650 MHz, so I cannot say how it will work on your system. Most programs c

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 11:15, Jamin W.Collins wrote: > On 14 Jun 2002 11:11:58 -0500 > "Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok... From an xterm window on my local box, I do > > $ssh -X @ > > > > Then from the command prompt on the remote box, I type > > $mtr -g www.cox.net > > and

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 11:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 10:32, David Z Maze wrote: > > Matthew Yee-King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > > Eew eew eew. Don't do that. Debian disables unencrypted X network > > sessions. But since you're using ssh to log in from one machine to

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On 14 Jun 2002 11:11:58 -0500 "Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok... From an xterm window on my local box, I do > $ssh -X @ > > Then from the command prompt on the remote box, I type > $mtr -g www.cox.net > and instantly get the error > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > >

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 10:32, David Z Maze wrote: > Matthew Yee-King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm running gdm, windowmaker, woody and xfree 4.2. i need to run > > software on a remote mahcine that outputs to my local X server. On > > the remote machine, i export DISPLAY="mylocalIP:0" then on

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread David Z Maze
Matthew Yee-King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm running gdm, windowmaker, woody and xfree 4.2. i need to run > software on a remote mahcine that outputs to my local X server. On > the remote machine, i export DISPLAY="mylocalIP:0" then on my local > machine, i xhost . Eew eew eew. Don't do th

Re: problems with running remote X programs

2002-06-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 01:21:59PM +0100, Matthew Yee-King wrote: > I'm running gdm, windowmaker, woody and xfree 4.2. i need to run > software on a remote mahcine that outputs to my local X server. On the > remote machine, i export DISPLAY="mylocalIP:0" then on my local > machine, i xhost . but i