remote x session

i have been wanting to set up the ability to open an
entirely new x session to 
another box, in a window of my currently running session. 
xnest is one way 
of doing this, but i was wondering if there are any others
(perhaps, a little 
easier to configure and get going) ?

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On 12/24/07, Jonathan Horne <freebsddfwlp.com> wrote:
>
> i have been wanting to set up the ability to open an
entirely new x
> session to
> another box, in a window of my currently running
session.  xnest is one
> way
> of doing this, but i was wondering if there are any
others (perhaps, a
> little
> easier to configure and get going) ?
>
> cheers,
> --
> Jonathan Horne
> http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org
> freebsddfwlp.com
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Can you forward X through ssh? Or is that not what you are
looking for?


thanks,
j
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On Monday 24 December 2007 01:11:12 pm Jeremy Gransden
wrote:
> On 12/24/07, Jonathan Horne <freebsddfwlp.com> wrote:
> > i have been wanting to set up the ability to open
an entirely new x
> > session to
> > another box, in a window of my currently running
session.  xnest is one
> > way
> > of doing this, but i was wondering if there are
any others (perhaps, a
> > little
> > easier to configure and get going) ?
> >
> > cheers,
> > --
> > Jonathan Horne
> > http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org
> > freebsddfwlp.com
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> Can you forward X through ssh? Or is that not what you
are looking for?
>
>
> thanks,
> j
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i did finally get ssh to forwared X, but it only worked with


ssh -Y [host]

im not sure yet why ssh -X doesnt work, but ive not yet
finished reading about 
the ins and outs of what security settings im overriding
with the -Y.

i was able to start xclock as a test.  but what i would
really like to be able 
to accomplish, would be to get the entire 'startx' to work
over an ssh 
session, and have it open as another window on my desktop.

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Jonathan Horne skrev:
> i have been wanting to set up the ability to open an
entirely new x session to 
> another box, in a window of my currently running
session.  xnest is one way 
> of doing this, but i was wondering if there are any
others (perhaps, a little 
> easier to configure and get going) ?
> 
> cheers,

You might want to look at WDM and Fluxbox. There are alot of
other 
window managwers of course but these 2 have small overhead
and run very 
nice. Read more at http://fluxbox-
wiki.org/index.php/WDM . There are 
some tips in the mailing list archive for these to get you
started as well.

Greetings from Sweden
/Roger
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Perhaps I misunderstand, but I use x11vnc on the 'server'
and
vncviewer or tightvnc on the 'client'.  There are several
pages to
google on tunneling it thru ssh, and it's much better with
latency
than sending x iteslf over ssh, I'm told.  If you start
x11vnc with no
options, it will export the current session/desktop, but
there is a
switch to have it spawn a new x session also.  All the other
vnc ports
only spawn new sessions, and I usually use it to help my
wife fix
problems when I'm away at the office ;)

Best,
Steve

On Dec 24, 2007 9:05 AM, Jonathan Horne <freebsddfwlp.com> wrote:
> i have been wanting to set up the ability to open an
entirely new x session to
> another box, in a window of my currently running
session.  xnest is one way
> of doing this, but i was wondering if there are any
others (perhaps, a little
> easier to configure and get going) ?
>
> cheers,
> --
> Jonathan Horne
> http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org
> freebsddfwlp.com
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On Thursday 27 December 2007 02:35:05 am Steve Franks
wrote:
> Perhaps I misunderstand, but I use x11vnc on the
'server' and
> vncviewer or tightvnc on the 'client'.  There are
several pages to
> google on tunneling it thru ssh, and it's much better
with latency
> than sending x iteslf over ssh, I'm told.  If you start
x11vnc with no
> options, it will export the current session/desktop,
but there is a
> switch to have it spawn a new x session also.  All the
other vnc ports
> only spawn new sessions, and I usually use it to help
my wife fix
> problems when I'm away at the office ;)
>
> Best,
> Steve

well ultimately, im looking for something that i can operate
a headless server 
with.  the server itself wouldnt be pre-logged into any x
session (be it kde, 
gnome, xfce or whatever), so thats why im trying to get its
x session into a 
window of my local desktop.

i need to read up on x11vnc, and if it would do that, then i
would open to 
looking at that to fill my need.

cheers,
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Jonathan Horne
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freebsd08 __ dfwlp.com
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On Dec 30, 2007 7:16 PM, Jonathan Horne <freebsd08dfwlp.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 27 December 2007 02:35:05 am Steve Franks
wrote:
> > Perhaps I misunderstand, but I use x11vnc on the
'server' and
> > vncviewer or tightvnc on the 'client'.  There are
several pages to
> > google on tunneling it thru ssh, and it's much
better with latency
> > than sending x iteslf over ssh, I'm told.  If you
start x11vnc with no
> > options, it will export the current
session/desktop, but there is a
> > switch to have it spawn a new x session also.  All
the other vnc ports
> > only spawn new sessions, and I usually use it to
help my wife fix
> > problems when I'm away at the office ;)
> >
> > Best,
> > Steve
>
> well ultimately, im looking for something that i can
operate a headless server
> with.  the server itself wouldnt be pre-logged into any
x session (be it kde,
> gnome, xfce or whatever), so thats why im trying to get
its x session into a
> window of my local desktop.

There is the XDMCP option, which allows you to remotely
connect to an
X display manager for full, remote display sessions. This
isn't
regarded to be a secure solution by most people.

If your remote system is a server, do you have a need for
remote
desktop access? If you have one or two X applications on the
remote
server, could you just get by with SSH X11 forwarding to
access those
applications from your management station's display?

DS
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On Sunday 30 December 2007 09:00:27 pm Darren Spruell
wrote:
> There is the XDMCP option, which allows you to remotely
connect to an
> X display manager for full, remote display sessions.
This isn't
> regarded to be a secure solution by most people.
>
> If your remote system is a server, do you have a need
for remote
> desktop access? If you have one or two X applications
on the remote
> server, could you just get by with SSH X11 forwarding
to access those
> applications from your management station's display?
>
> DS

well, the part i didnt mention before, was the method behind
the madness.  its 
actually a jail-host, with 3 jails running. my intention, is
to keep the 
latest of kde, gnome, and xfce built on each, and just
remotely attach to (or 
forward) its x session from my main workstation.  i vision
it basically 
working just like when i sit down to my workstation, and
type 'startx'.

cheers,
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