Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread Mike Klinke
On Wednesday 04 August 2010 10:05, Ed Greshko wrote: > I believe you are confusing VNC on Windows with VNC on Linux. On > Windows the answer is yes since there is a single video server > and you are simply taking over. However, with vncserver on Linux > you are actually creating a separate Xvnc

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread Roberto Ragusa
suvayu ali wrote: > If your intention is to keep a constantly running firefox session > which you want to connect to at some point in time in the future, then > I would suggest you run a VNC (or some other remote desktop protocol) > and start firefox from there. So something like this should work,

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread suvayu ali
On 4 August 2010 06:55, Paul Smith wrote: > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:22 AM, suvayu ali > wrote: >> If your intention is to keep a constantly running firefox session >> which you want to connect to at some point in time in the future, then >> I would suggest you run a VNC (or some other remote de

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2010-08-04 at 23:05 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/04/2010 10:34 PM, Mike Klinke wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 August 2010 09:22, Paul Smith wrote: > > > >> Thanks, Mike. Concerning the suggested way, I have a question: > >> can someone nearby the remote computer see what I do on the vnc > >

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 4 August 2010 16:08, Christopher K. Johnson wrote: > FYI vncviewer can take care of starting the ssh connection for tunneling > if you use the -via option. > That simplifies making your vnc over ssh connection to a single command > instead of two. That's a good tip! -- Hakan (m1fcj) - http://w

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread Christopher K. Johnson
On 08/04/2010 11:01 AM, Hakan Koseoglu wrote: > On 4 August 2010 14:55, Paul Smith wrote: > >> Yes, my intention is to keep a constantly firefox session, which I >> want to connect to at some point in time in the future. Thanks for >> suggesting me VNC. I will try it, but meanwhile I have a qu

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/04/2010 10:34 PM, Mike Klinke wrote: > On Wednesday 04 August 2010 09:22, Paul Smith wrote: > >> Thanks, Mike. Concerning the suggested way, I have a question: >> can someone nearby the remote computer see what I do on the vnc >> session? > If a monitor is connected and it's turned on, yes.

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 4 August 2010 14:55, Paul Smith wrote: > Yes, my intention is to keep a constantly firefox session, which I > want to connect to at some point in time in the future. Thanks for > suggesting me VNC. I will try it, but meanwhile I have a question: can > the VNC session be seen by someone nearby t

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread Mike Klinke
On Wednesday 04 August 2010 09:22, Paul Smith wrote: > Thanks, Mike. Concerning the suggested way, I have a question: > can someone nearby the remote computer see what I do on the vnc > session? If a monitor is connected and it's turned on, yes. --Mike -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorapr

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Mike Klinke wrote: >> However, I would like to leave firefox >> running remotely after quitting the ssh connection. Is that >> possible? > > Another handy option might be to use vncserver/vncviewer to run the > remote machine over the network.  You can also optional

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:34 AM, JD wrote: I am remotely running firefox through a ssh connection with the following command: firefox -no-remote& and everything works fine. However, I would like to leave firefox running remotely after quitting the ssh connection.

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:22 AM, suvayu ali wrote: I am remotely running firefox through a ssh connection with the following command: firefox -no-remote& and everything works fine. However, I would like to leave firefox running remotely after quitting the ssh conn

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-04 Thread Mike Klinke
On Tuesday 03 August 2010 18:38, Paul Smith wrote: > However, I would like to leave firefox > running remotely after quitting the ssh connection. Is that > possible? Another handy option might be to use vncserver/vncviewer to run the remote machine over the network. You can also optionally con

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-03 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/04/2010 07:38 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > I am remotely running firefox through a ssh connection with the > following command: > > firefox -no-remote & > > and everything works fine. However, I would like to leave firefox > running remotely after quitting the ssh connection. Is that possible? >

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-03 Thread JD
On 08/03/2010 05:11 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:54 AM, JD wrote: >>> I am remotely running firefox through a ssh connection with the >>> following command: >>> >>> firefox -no-remote& >>> >>> and everything works fine. However, I would like to leave firefox >>> running remo

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-03 Thread suvayu ali
On 3 August 2010 17:11, Paul Smith wrote: > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:54 AM, JD wrote: >>> I am remotely running firefox through a ssh connection with the >>> following command: >>> >>> firefox -no-remote& >>> >>> and everything works fine. However, I would like to leave firefox >>> running remot

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-03 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:54 AM, JD wrote: >> I am remotely running firefox through a ssh connection with the >> following command: >> >> firefox -no-remote& >> >> and everything works fine. However, I would like to leave firefox >> running remotely after quitting the ssh connection. Is that possi

Re: Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-03 Thread JD
On 08/03/2010 04:38 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > I am remotely running firefox through a ssh connection with the > following command: > > firefox -no-remote& > > and everything works fine. However, I would like to leave firefox > running remotely after quitting the ssh connection. Is tha

Leaving firefox running remotely through a ssh connection

2010-08-03 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, I am remotely running firefox through a ssh connection with the following command: firefox -no-remote & and everything works fine. However, I would like to leave firefox running remotely after quitting the ssh connection. Is that possible? Thanks in advance, Paul -- users mailing li