On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 07:12:07PM -0600, Edgar Pettijohn wrote: > I can't seem to figure out how to startx over ssh. I seem to be > getting closer, but not sure where the problem lays. I'm connecting > to an OpenBSD 5.6 box from an iMac. It really isn't necessary but > Its bugging me that I can't figure it out. > > $ ssh -X 192.168.1.5 -l root > root@192.168.1.5's password: > Last login: Sat Dec 13 18:17:13 2014 from 192.168.1.4 > OpenBSD 5.6 (GENERIC) #0: Fri Dec 12 22:23:14 CST 2014 >
I'm not sure what you want to acheive. "startx" without arguments should only be run from the server console directly. That is, startx run X which takes over the server video card, keyboard and mouse. I will do nothing on the computer you "ssh" from. When I want a "full" X session from a remote server to be displayed locally. I use "Xnest", a special X server that is just a client to another one. If you have XQuartz on your Mac, run something like: ssh -X hostname -l user "/usr/X11R6/bin/startx -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest :5 -once -geometry 1600x900" (Maybe I completly misunderstood what you meant.)
