Re: VNC - I know, just not what I was expecting

[Rodney D. Myers]

On Jan 5, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:

On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 02:27:18PM -0800, Rodney D. Myers wrote:

I can get SSH/VNC to work on my debian machine.

My question. How do I get the default screen to open up, or to get
something other than the 'blank' screen with a shell open.

you are forwarding X (just using ssh -X may work), then run the X app
from that command line.  The application will be running on the remote
CPU (etc) but will use your Xorg and appear on your screen.

Doug.

I don't understand. From a command line, you ssh to another box and get a command line. If you want to run an X app, use an xterm, ensure that

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Correct. This I know/understand. I help 2 people, who do not live locally, with their debian/(k)ubuntu computers. There are times, when it would be very handy, to 'see' they are seeing, when they are actually attempting to do things.

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