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Re: Starting X on host while SSH'd in to the box



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For just remote using desktop, I suggest to use the vncserver


Bill Day wrote:
> Are you possibly looking for /etc/init.d/gdm start (xdm, kdm...?).  IIRC X 
> disallows remote xserver connections by default(security issue perhaps), so 
> you have to enable it via a command line option or in the xf86config, but I 
> couldnt begin to tell you what it is.
> 
> On Wednesday March 16 2005 5:25 pm, Thomas Adam wrote:
> 
>>--- William Ballard <nospam_50307@alltel.net> wrote:
>>
>>>How can I start X on a remote host while I'm SSH'd into the box?
>>>(After I do that I can use x11vnc to remotely manipulate the
>>>mouse/keyboard.)
>>
>>Isn't that what sdm is for?
>>
>>-- Thomas Adam
>>
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>>
>>"<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish
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>>
>> -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor)
>>
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> 
> 

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