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Slow X forwarding over ssh to gnome but fast to Xephyr
I'm forwarding X applications from an AIX box to a CentOS 5.5 box over a LAN. If I do a normal ssh and forward the display the application is very slow responding. If I use Xephyr to create a separate ...
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remote access to linux server from windows
I have a very basic beginner question that I didn't see an answer to. I am accessing a Linux server remotely from a Windows box, using SSH (Putty) and a database administration program.
I would ...
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Black icon backgrounds when using ssh -X to run remote GTK application
I run a number of applications remotely from a RHEL 6 server. I have managed to get the themes of the GTK applications to work correctly by editing the ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file and including the line:
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How can I export DISPLAY from a Linux terminal to a Windows PC?
Exporting display from a Linux terminal to a Linux desktop is easy; you do the following:
On 192.168.90.121 (localPC):
xhost + 192.168.10.164
On 192.168.10.164 (remotePC):
export ...
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enable PuTTY users to have X11 forwarding (Redhat 5 server)
I want to enable graphical forwarding for my server. I am connecting via PuTTY and click the X11 forwarding, which works with other servers. None of the other topics on this site have helped me so ...
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Start VNC session without the full GUI desktop? (seamless window)
I would like to start a vncserver on *NIX machine and then on the client side (windows XP) I would like to be able to have just the terminal from the server machine (like gnome-terminal) without ...
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X11 forwarding with an already running window?
I'm trying to forward the X session to my Windows laptop (using Xming and putty), and I have no problem opening new programs such as gedit and having them forward, but how would I forward something ...
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sshfs with x forwarding?
I've been using sshfs to mount directories from servers on my laptop.
I also have the following in my ~/.ssh/config:
ControlMaster auto
I set this because it keeps a single ssh connection alive ...
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ssh with x11 forwarding: does not work from outside network
I have a laptop and a server. On the same lan network, I can ssh with X11 forwarding to the server via:
ssh -Y -C username@internal.ip
When I execute anything that opens an x11 window, things work. ...
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“Seamless” multi user session in linux/X11
The goal
I would love to have a multi user system (based on linux) using only one X11 session with multiple screens and pairs of mouse and keyboard. So two (or more) people can work with the same ...
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SSH with X11 forwarding to host where I don't have a home-dir
I am trying to ssh with X11 forwarding into a host where I don't have a home directory. Because of that, xauth fails and X11 doesn't seem to work. I tried to specify a home-directory in advance but I ...
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Showing X-Forwarded window on current machine for mac
If I ssh into a server using ssh -X unixserver.com, I can run a command which opens a graphical application and the window will show on my current computer.
I want the same to happen when I ssh into ...
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failed to enable x11 forwarding
I am trying to enable X11 forwarding on my server which is running on FreeBSD 7.1.
I have a putty installed in my windows in which i have enabled X11 forwarding by
checking on Enable X11 ...
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How to resume disconnected SSH X11-forwarded applications?
I am happily using SSH's X11-forwarding to run some applications and then the connection was disconnected.
Running ps ax from a new SSH connection shows that the applications are still running. How ...
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X11 forwarding from Amazon EC2 AMI
local$> echo $DISPLAY
:0.0
local$> ssh -X -i PEMFILE ec2-user@AMAZONEC2_AMI
[ec2-user@REMOTE_AMI ~]$ echo $DISPLAY
[ec2-user@REMOTE_AMI ~]$ sudo grep X11 /etc/ssh/sshd_config ...
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XForwarding suddenly stops working
I use Cygwin/X to ssh into a VirtualBox hosted Ubuntu Server which has had the various X bits and pieces installed:
ssh -X user@IPADDRESS
Once in, I can run gnome-terminal and the terminal pops up. ...
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How to make PuTTY X11 forwarding work in a screen session? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Gnu Screen: Execute command on attach
I'm using PuTTY with X11 forwarding enabled, using Xming as my X server on Windows 7.
When I SSH to a Linux host, X11 forwarding ...
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X11 forwarding over chained ssh connections
Imagine I have a box (A) and ssh access to it and want to run a programm and forward its x11 output to xMing. That works just fine with putty.
Now things get more complicated. There is another box ...
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Open putty window - is x11 forwarding enabled?
If I have a putty window already open, is there a way to tell if x11 forwarding is enabled?
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Remotely connecting to Ubuntu server from a Macbook: can't run PyMol
My lab runs a Ubuntu cluster, and in general I interact with it on my personal Macbook using SSH. Recently I've been going beyond the command line and have been experimenting with getting graphical ...
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OpenGL program not work with X forwarding
I have an OpenGL program in a Linux server. I want to run the program remotely with X forwarding, but it fails, whereas programs such as xclock and xeyes work fine. (I confirmed that the program works ...
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Tunnelling X11 through an SSH gateway with no X11 install [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Skip over intermediate server via SSH
At my university we have an SSH gateway for remote access to our departmental Linux network. The gateway itself has a very minimal ...
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Connecting to Centos 5 from Windows/Putty/X11 Forwarding
I have a centos server with barebones X11 installed. I am trying to connect to this server from my Windows box with Putty and Xming.
I have set X11Forwarding to yes in the sshd_config file. I have ...
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Window forwarding to laptop from workstation
At home I have my desktop computer and loads of open windows. When I decide to work outside or in another room with my laptop. I'd like to select a few windows and just make them appear on the laptop. ...
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SSH X Tunnel via non-X server
strange variation on the standard 'multi-hop tunnel' question.
I'm working remotely at the minute, but have several 'incoming' automatic reverse shells connecting to a dedicated server. This ...
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SSH X11 Forwarding and Graphical Application Loading
The Symptoms are as follows.
If an application creates a new window, the window will take ages to load. The host machine has a leased line and I have 1.4 MB (Bytes not bits) up and downstream from ...
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Nautilus cannot handle “sftp” locations via x11
I'm logging into my home computer (Ubuntu 10.04) via ssh, and now I want to open a remote connection (one that is stored in my bookmarks).
Nautilus tells me "Nautilus cannot handle "sftp" locations ...
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ssh xauth error Mac OS 10.6.3
Whenever I ssh with X11 forwarding to a remote box from my macbook I get the following error after a few seconds pause:
Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated
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Open an X application going through many hoops (SSH, vpn etc)
The players:
my home computer, running Linux with an X server running. (Call it HOME.)
a remote site, to which I can connect over the internet using a VPN. (SITE)
a Linux computer at the remote ...
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NX Client running on OS X 10.6.3 => NX Server Ubuntu 10.04: weird keymapping issue
I have been using Ubuntu 9.10 at work after switching from vista. After being (expectedly) disappointed with performance over VNC (via VPN) when logging in from home, I came across the NOMACHINE ...
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Xforwarding doesn't allow for switching users
I'm ssh'd into a remote computer and xforwarding is working fine... but as soon as I "sudo su -" or "sudo su user2" it no longer Xforwards anything giving me the error:
X11 connection rejected ...
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Xforwarding in Ubuntu
I'm trying to get Xforwarding working in Ubuntu... On the server I have uncommented the following lines of /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
X11Forwarding yes
AllowTcpForwarding yes
Now I try to ssh in, but I ...
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How to use WeirdX applet instead of X11 for remote connections in Mac OS X?
When I am away, I've got an Apple PowerBook set up to use X11 forwarding with SSH to connect to a remote iMac in my room.
Whenever I start X client programs on the client iMac, X11 would start on my ...
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xauth error with ssh X Forwarding
From my (Debian) Desktop machine, I am trying to ssh into a Debian Server with
ssh -X remote-ip
After logging into the remote host, I get:
/usr/bin/X11/xauth: creating new authority file ...
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How to use X11 forwarding with putty
I have a VM with RHEL 5 without an X server.
My host has Windows 7.
I need to connect to the VM and redirect the X11 output of the commands to my host.
I know that if my host were a GNU/Linux ...
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Rexec with X11 forwarding - how can I do this on a Mac?
I'm able to connect using Rexec with X11 forwarding from a Windows PC using Mocha, however I need to find a method of achieving the same from a Mac.
I doubt it makes any difference, but the remote ...
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fast X11 forwarding
I am using ssh -X to display GUI apps locally.
Is there a better way to speedup this processes - something similar what NoMachine Nx server / client does?
Thanks, Mariusz.
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When you use X forwarding to run an application on another computer, which processor does it use?
If I use ssh -X to run an application from Computer A on the screen of Computer B, how are the computation and resources divided up between the two computer's processors?
Sometimes the audio will ...
