Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 15:07, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > >>> open in new windows on your display. What I want is just the >>> menu button, though. If it had a name, I'd expect to be able >>> to 'ssh -Y remote_machine gnome-menu' or something like that >>> and get a working remote menu. >> So do what I did with evolution. Create a script on the remote machine >> something like: > > I think you are missing the point of what I want. I want to > install a new remote machine and have all of it's programs > available from my desktop without knowing ahead of time what > is actually installed there. If a new program is installed > on that machine, I want it to show up in the remotely-executed > menu like it does if you log in there. X is designed to let > anything run remotely. I don't see why the menu button should > be an exception - someone would really have to go out of their > way to break it - but I don't know how to invoke it by itself. > I have not tested this, buy you could try running gnome-panel on the remote machine. I am not sure if it will try and take over your desktop. The other thing you can do is to run Xnest, and launch the windows manager inside the Xnest window. It will give you a complete remote desktop inside the window. (This requires a fast connection between the two computers. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
