Re: [gentoo-user] X-forwarding questions

2009-01-28 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Daniel Troeder wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 27.01.2009, 14:25 -0800 schrieb Grant: >> Using -C, gimp is about 10x more responsive than if I don't. I was >> surprised too. My laptop and the "remote" system are 15 feet away >> from each other on the same wireless netw

Re: [gentoo-user] X-forwarding questions

2009-01-28 Thread Daniel Troeder
Am Dienstag, den 27.01.2009, 14:25 -0800 schrieb Grant: > Using -C, gimp is about 10x more responsive than if I don't. I was > surprised too. My laptop and the "remote" system are 15 feet away > from each other on the same wireless network, with the router in > between. Most X programs store thei

Re: [gentoo-user] X-forwarding questions

2009-01-28 Thread Grant
>> That's the weird part. Local gimp and remote gimp side-by-side on the >> same screen look different. For example, the edges of the buttons and >> widgets in local gimp are rounded but they aren't in remote gimp. Not >> a big deal though. > > So what do gimp look like when you run it locally o

Re: [gentoo-user] X-forwarding questions

2009-01-28 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Grant wrote: > > When I ssh -X, start gimp, close gimp, and close the ssh session, the > terminal prompt disappears and only the cursor is visible in the > terminal. I have to ctrl+c to bring the prompt back. This doesn't > happen with ssh -X unless I open gimp

Re: [gentoo-user] X-forwarding questions

2009-01-28 Thread pk
Grant wrote: > That's the weird part. Local gimp and remote gimp side-by-side on the > same screen look different. For example, the edges of the buttons and > widgets in local gimp are rounded but they aren't in remote gimp. Not > a big deal though. So what do gimp look like when you run it lo

Re: [gentoo-user] X-forwarding questions

2009-01-27 Thread Grant
>> I just enabled X-forwarding and I've got a few questions for you guys. >> >> Should I have any security concerns about doing this? > > Not more than usual. I assume your online computers have been secured > (to a reasonable degree)... Of course if anyone has access to your > remote machine (that

Re: [gentoo-user] X-forwarding questions

2009-01-27 Thread pk
Grant wrote: > I just enabled X-forwarding and I've got a few questions for you guys. > > Should I have any security concerns about doing this? Not more than usual. I assume your online computers have been secured (to a reasonable degree)... Of course if anyone has access to your remote machine (

[gentoo-user] X-forwarding questions

2009-01-25 Thread Grant
I just enabled X-forwarding and I've got a few questions for you guys. Should I have any security concerns about doing this? It looks like gimp comes through with an older/blockier version of gtk or something. Any way to fix that? I'm starting X-forwarding like 'ssh -XC 192.168.100.1 gimp' and