Remote XWindows

[Mike Dwiggins]

Joachim Backes wrote:
> Konstantin Svist wrote:
>> Mike Dwiggins wrote:
>>> Konstantin Svist wrote:
>>>> Mike Dwiggins wrote:
>>>>> Konstantin Svist wrote:
>>>>>> Mike Dwiggins wrote:
>>>>>>> Dumb beginner question here.  What is the best software to use 
>>>>>>> to set up an SSH X-Windows session?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am doing well with putty but have hit a point where I need to 
>>>>>>> bring up my browser in a remote session..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mike D.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Depends on what you're trying to achieve.
>>>>>> With ssh, you can run this to execute the application remotely 
>>>>>> but have it displayed locally:
>>>>>> $ ssh -Y <remote_host> <application>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you want it to be displayed remotely as well, you'll want to 
>>>>>> look into VNC
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, maybe you want to run the application locally but use 
>>>>>> remote user profile. Then you can map remote path to a local 
>>>>>> directory with sshfs and point the local application to the data 
>>>>>> (it will appear to any application as if it were local).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HTH
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I have been thinking VNC.  My problem is I travel a lot and have 
>>>>> to manage a couple of applications that use x-windows control 
>>>>> panels for my wife's business and am looking for the most 
>>>>> efficient way.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can do it quite well if I am home but am looking for the best 
>>>>> solution for remote.  Sigh I guess I am going to have to dig into 
>>>>> VNC.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike D.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Again, if you don't need the applications to be displayed on the 
>>>> actual machine where they run, ssh -Y is a very robust solution. 
>>>> I've ran many applications  - e.g. text editors, control panels, 
>>>> even gparted (disk partitioning software) and all worked without a 
>>>> hitch and were very fast. The best part is that ssh is already 
>>>> there :)
>>>>
>>>> Remote desktop VNC (a la windows VNC) is very slow because it needs 
>>>> to send a video stream back and forth. "Traditional" VNC is 
>>>> annoying/hard to set up; most of the time it's just not worth the 
>>>> effort.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Tried that route, I think?  What I get at startx is the message 
>>> "Server is already active for display 0".
>>>
>>> VNC is a world I don't want to get into but, will if I must.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> umm.. you shouldn't start X windows with ssh -Y
>> The idea is that X is already running on the remote machine - and 
>> you're starting a single application remotely - but it will appear in 
>> your local X.
>>
>> Don't switch PTYs, stay in your logged in X session, then open a 
>> terminal on your computer, then "ssh -Y <remote machine> 
>> <application>" and it will work.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> you should think about nx/freenx, would be a very good option.
> See also http://www.nomachine.com/ or http://www.2x.com/
>
> Regards
freenx looks like what I am looking for.  I am going to call this solved 
until I can give it a try.

Thanks all.

Mike D.