On Sat, 2011-10-22 at 23:37 -0500, Huntereb wrote: > I figured it out, I have been trying to open the programs remotely > through a VNC program. For some reason, wine doesn't let you open > programs from a remote client. > Two possible causes: - VNC isn't a true X-server. It only implements enough of the usual X11 facilities to handle *nix programs. - by default it uses XFCE rather than Gnome or KDE. XFCE is fairly light weight and may not support features that Wine needs. > So, does anyone know how to enable opening programs with Wine > remotely? > Enable X11 forwarding for ssh - its disabled by default. Login over ssh and start the program from the command line. That works for the small number of programs I need to run under wine. Or you could try switching VNC to use your usual desktop. Martin
