On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 15:43, Bruce Douglas wrote: > new to linux. i've configured a server with rh8.0. i'm curious as to how one > might go about configuring/setting up the server so i can remotely access > the server and display the kde/gnome desktop. To display the entire desktop (similar to how you'd see terminal services or PC Anywhere) you want to use VNC. However, if you don't need/want the whole desktop and just want to run X apps remotely you can do that too (but this needs more bandwidth). To enable the remote display of X apps do "ssh -X servername" as another poster suggested. Then just run the X command name at the prompt. The processing will be done on the remote machine but all the display information is sent to your local display [1]. VNC is a little harder to setup but is more of a "virtual screen" and a more bandwidth friendly protocol. On the server you want the "vnc-server" RPM installed and on the client you want the "vnc" RPM installed. On the server you need to edit /etc/sysconfig/vncservers to suit (there are directions in the file, follow them) and then start the VNC server service: # /sbin/service vncserver start Then you can use your Linux or Windows VNC client of choice to access it. I highly suggest reading the VNC documentation. Note that VNC is not secure by default so you shouldn't do this across an untrusted network unless you know what you are doing. Also, if you are running with a firewall you might (probably) need to open up the ports VNC uses on the server. This is only a very high-level sort of explanation of VNC intended to get you pointed in the right direction... Hope that helps. Sean [1] In X parlance the "server" is the machine displaying the apps, the "client" is the program that is displaying to the "server". Thus, XFree86 (the environment that displays all the graphics when you sit at a Linux box) is an "X server" and when you run (for instance) mozilla it is the "X client". Of course, the client and the server can run on the same computer but they don't have to because X was designed with networking in mind. That's why/how the first option above works. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
