On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:41:28 -0500 Bob Smither <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 20:34 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: [...] > > > > I have been able, with a second ssh hop onto my workstation from > > the server (also forwarding X) to run individual X based > > applications so that the display is on the laptop, but I can't > > figure out how to get it to operate so the whole desktop gets > > displayed there. Is it possible? and if so How > > Not directly responsive, I know, but you could certainly run a VNC > server on the workstation (serving up a complete desktop) and then ssh > to your firewall (with X forwarding) and run VNCviewer there to > display your complete desktop session back to your laptop. A little > indirect, but it does work. > > HTH, > I second the proposal that a solution based on VNC is your best bet. It should even be possible to run a VNC viewer on your laptop and connect to your workstation in one hop: ssh -L 5901:workstation:5901 server Then you would connect the viewer to localhost:1. This would remove the need for X forwarding, and is usually faster too. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]