Manually, remotely starting X for a remote session. DISPLAY.

Markku Kolkka markku.kolkka at saunalahti.fi
Wed Sep 28 23:18:12 UTC 2011


28.9.2011 18:29, linux guy kirjoitti:
> How do I start X on the server from a remote machine (via ssh, of
> course) so that I can use graphical apps ?

You don't, because that's not how X works. You run X on the *local*
machine where the display, mouse and keyboard are connected. The
graphical apps running on the remote machine communicate with the X
server running on the local machine over the network.

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    Markku Kolkka
    markku.kolkka at iki.fi


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