>> That's the weird part. Local gimp and remote gimp side-by-side on the >> same screen look different. For example, the edges of the buttons and >> widgets in local gimp are rounded but they aren't in remote gimp. Not >> a big deal though. > > So what do gimp look like when you run it locally on the "remote" > machine (i.e. not using ssh)?
gimp run without ssh on the remote machine looks just like gimp run on the local machine. It only looks funny over ssh. - Grant >> When I ssh -X, start gimp, close gimp, and close the ssh session, the >> terminal prompt disappears and only the cursor is visible in the >> terminal. I have to ctrl+c to bring the prompt back. This doesn't >> happen with ssh -X unless I open gimp during the session. > > So this only happens with gimp? It may be that gimp doesn't exit > "properly"... I'm just guessing and I don't know why that would be. > >> Using -C, gimp is about 10x more responsive than if I don't. I was >> surprised too. My laptop and the "remote" system are 15 feet away >> from each other on the same wireless network, with the router in >> between. > > Ah, well... can't argue with that. :-) > > Best regards > > Peter K