Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 18:26, Hakan Koseoglu <hakan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I'm not sure what you are trying to do. Using VNC server or ssh with
>> X11 tunneling (-X or -Y) would make more sense.
>> You don't need X itself running for either of these.
>>
>
> Yes, my intention is to ssh in then run the app like this:
> local$ ssh -X user@remote
> remote$ firefox
>
> However, when I do this I get no response (no firefox window opens, no
> terminal output), even after several minutes. I figured that was
> because X is not running.
I think you need to use -Y instead of -X these days but I've never understood
which apps care. Also, firefox is unusual in that if it is already running for
a user it will try to tell the running copy to open a new window in its existing
context instead of opening a new one that can be forwarded (but you'd only see
that if you had X running elsewhere).
What you are trying should work without running X at the console, but you might
like the freenx/NX client even better. That gives you a complete remote X
desktop with very good performance that you can disconnect and reconnect with
everything still running. See www.nomachine.com for the client
(linux/windows/mac) details but you can get freenx from the epel repo.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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