Persistent remote X applications with xpra (was: Remote xboard without Desktop Environment)

2013-11-21 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello there, On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 01:33:21PM -0200, Beco wrote: > [...] > (3) Now, how can I keep xboard running on lizard, after I turn off fox. TTBOMK (being former Debian package maintainer of xboard) xboard will need a DISPLAY to run interactively. ssh -X was already mentioned, but if the

Re: Remote xboard without Desktop Environment

2013-11-20 Thread Beco
On 20 November 2013 13:57, Darac Marjal wrote: >> >> Flik is the ICS (internet chess server, or xboard server), not a client. > > Ah, OK. So Flik rather than Lizard is the server. I think I > misunderstood there. In that case you want to make Lizard the client. > > Hmm. I don't know of a program l

Re: Remote xboard without Desktop Environment

2013-11-20 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 02:38:53PM -0200, Beco wrote: > On 20 November 2013 12:57, Darac Marjal wrote: > > > > >> [Fox] -> ssh -> [Lizard] -> xboard-protocol -> [Flik] <- > >> xboard-protocol <- [netizens] > > > > One possibility might be to use "screen" or "tmux" to provide a > > detachable co

Re: Remote xboard without Desktop Environment

2013-11-20 Thread Beco
On 20 November 2013 12:57, Darac Marjal 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 f

Re: Remote xboard without Desktop Environment

2013-11-20 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 01:33:21PM -0200, Beco wrote: > Hello fellows, > > I find it hard to ask exactly what I need as solution, and so, to > avoid XY problem I'll openly discuss the main objective here. > > So, I have this hobby, chess, and I've being developing since 94 a > chess engine (Xadre

Remote xboard without Desktop Environment

2013-11-20 Thread Beco
Hello fellows, I find it hard to ask exactly what I need as solution, and so, to avoid XY problem I'll openly discuss the main objective here. So, I have this hobby, chess, and I've being developing since 94 a chess engine (Xadreco) that runs with xboard protocol. (Oldtimes, it just used conio.h/