On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Armbrust, Daniel C. wrote: > I'm trying to setup my startxwin.bat script in such a way that it logs > in to a remote linux machine, and starts kde, with one click. > > I'm there, except for the launching of kde part. > > Here are (what I think are) the important commands from the script: > > start XWin -screen 0 1280 960 -clipboard > run xsetroot -solid aquamarine4 > run /usr/X11R6/bin/xHost.exe + > run xterm -geometry 80x24+0+0 -sb -leftbar -e ssh -f mir01startkde > > But for some reason, when it executes 'startkde' it seems to do so > without having loaded my environment variables, etc first. I get lots > of errors, and it dies. > > If I make the last line in the .bat file this instead: > run xterm -geometry 80x24+0+0 -sb -leftbar -e ssh mir01 > > The ssh connection works correctly, and then if I type in 'startkde' > everything runs great. > > What am I doing wrong with the ssh command? > > Thanks, > Dan
Dan, ssh has two modes of operation: a remote shell, and a remote login. When you supply a script to execute, it acts as a remote shell. When you don't (i.e., your second case), it acts as a remote login, executing all login/rc scripts. Apparently, you need to execute your login/rc scripts to set up the environment to run kde. If your login shell is bash, try forcing a login by running run xterm -geometry 80x24+0+0 -sb -leftbar -e ssh -f mir01 /bin/bash --login -c startkde (I'm assuming the lack of space in the above command is a typo). If your login shell is something else, you'll need to find out which flag to pass to it to force a login shell (for tcsh it's '-l' IIRC). Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton