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August 25th, 2006, 06:40 PM
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| X11 over ssh? Hi Im just wondering if i can foward a normal X11 server (on linux) over ssh to my new OSX latop without installing another X11 on my laptop or if I need to VNC it. If i do have to VNC it, can you recommend a native client? Thanks  |
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August 25th, 2006, 06:54 PM
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| As far as I know, you need the X11 environment to run that applications tunneled over SSH since those applications require the use of X11. This means you'll have to launch your SSH session from the xterm that comes with X11 in Mac OS X. I've done this from my iMac G5 using Apple's X11. Once X11 launched, xterm would pop up and then I would SSH into my Slackware box (provided that it was configured to forward X11 requests). From there, I would be able to launch applications from the command line such as Gaim, Firefox, etc. But it did require me to do this from an X11 environment.
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#3
August 25th, 2006, 08:10 PM
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| Yea, you have to have X11 installed on your Mac. You said installing another X11 on your laptop, what do you mean? You already have it installed and don't want to install it again, or you don't want to have it installed on the server and the laptop? Anyways, I can't really find a reason NOT to install X11 on your Mac, maybe if you are really tight on space or something. |
