Re: Lots more questions...
Re: Lots more questions...
- Subject: Re: Lots more questions...
- From: Chris Devers <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:20:06 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Tony Grant wrote:
> Just found the list by accident sorry for the questions "en-masse"...
>
> Found the FAQ for the keyboard - my G3 B&W keyboard isn't supported I
> guess (no accents...)
>
> What is the magic word for "start x and connect to the X server on my
> Redhat box"? I should be able to connect to the X server on my Redhat 8
> Vaio and use apps there.
You can, but the X11 terminology for 'client' and 'server' is in my
opinion a little backwards (it's internally consistent & makes sense if
you think about it, but it's the opposite of how the terms are usually
used elsewhere).
What you really want to do is not to connect to the X-server on your Linux
box, but rather have the X-server on your Mac establish connections with
remote X-clients over there. There are different ways of going about this,
but one of the more secure ways to do it is via SSH tunnels. To open one,
try running this from your Mac:
ssh -X email@hiddenne
After you're connected, you'll be dropped in to a remote shell like any
other typical ssh session. The catch is that now you can also use this
connection to open up graphical applications on that remote machine --
type in 'mozilla' and Mozilla will launch, etc. You should also be able to
run Gnome or KDE off the remote machine that way, and through the menus &
commands etc you get, any of the other applications you may need.
Try it & let the list know if you have any problems.
--
Chris Devers email@hidden
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