On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 19:15, todd hewett wrote:
> Anyone have any experience running x over SSH?
>
> I have made it this far:
>
>
> - Make sure the X server is configured and running
> - Open your SSH session (with X11 forwarding enabled)
> - type xterm, or your window manager command, or the name of any other X
> program
>
> Here is the rub that I have.
>
> My Linux box is sitting in a rack without a mouse or keyboard attached to
> it.
>
> So when I startx it fails because it is looking for local mouse and keyboard
> that are not attached to it.
>
>
> Is there a good (easy) way around this?
>
>
I use vncserver. I ssh into my linux machine from windows via putty.
Start the server with `vncserver :1 -geometry 1024x768`. I can then
tunnel my vnc session(?) through putty.
I haven't tried doing this from one linux machine to another.
Bart
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