I want to start X app on display:0 remotely. How?

Matt Graham danceswithcrows at usa.net
Mon Mar 30 09:31:22 MST 2009


> kitepilot at kitepilot.com wrote:
>> Now kcalc pops on display:0 and operator can see and use kcalc as
>> if he/her had invoked it him/herself.
From: Austin Godber <godber at uberhip.com>
> ssh -X -l operator remote.host
> sometimes you have to use -Y rather than -X

This is not what kitepilot wrote.  Using -X and -Y makes it so that
you can run an X client on remote.host, and that X client will then
display on your local Display.  It's really useful in some cases, but
I don't think it's what kitepilot wanted.

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