On Monday 28 November 2016 13:12:03 Alan Coopersmith wrote: > On 11/27/16 04:29 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Okay Alan, I've had 3 or 4 folks over the last 36 hours claim that X > > is its own forwarding agent, why am I even using ssh? saying I'm not > > needing ssh at all. > > X can connect directly, but without the encryption & compression that > ssh adds when it acts as the forwarding agent. ssh has been the > modern recommended solution for years - all major distros have started > X with "-nolisten tcp" for over a decade, and recent versions of Xorg > made that the default, such that you need to go specify "-listen tcp" > to enable the old direct TCP connection method now if you want to > avoid ssh. > > > So, where can I find the definitive tut on doing this because our > > attempts are failing? What I was able to find on the xorg web pages > > last night was up to 3 major versions out of date. I need a tut > > that deals with X11R7 and up. Is there such a thing? My google-fu > > is failing me. > > Our recommendation for X11R7 remote connections is "Use SSH X11 > Forwarding." > Which works but at very lethargic speeds. 3, 4 frames a second. I need 20 or more. This odroid64, with at least 3 gpu's is said to be able to do a 4k display at 60 frames a second.
> Unfortunately, so few people are willing to help write X11 docs that > there isn't a whole lot of stuff written since the X Consortium > stopped paying doc writers in the mid 90's. Yikes! NDW I cannot find uptodate docs & tuts. Thanks Alan, I appreciate the candor. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
