On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 01:37:06PM -0500, D-Man wrote: :On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 09:43:07PM -0500, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: :[snip] :| edit /etc/X11/Xserver, the file:
:Don't open up your X server, just enable X forwarding over the ssh :tunnel. Then you can simply ssh in, then run any X apps. : :man ssh :man sshd : :If these don't give you enough info, ask here. The question didn't involve xapps over the network, but a lazyman's way to start a full xsession on the local machine from within a running xsession (for use with different display depth I belive) Not opening the Xserver is a good idea if you have any decent network connectivity, but ssh won't help. Switching to a text tty, and "startx -- :1 -bpp 16" is "the right thing" -Jon