On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 00:35:22 -0500 Guy Rouillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:18:43 +0200 > Alaa The Great <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:23:36 -0500 > > Guy Rouillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Under Windows, I can run cygwin and create a X session running in > > > a single window, inside which I can run gnome-session on a remote > > > Linux. > > > I like that usage model. I know about and have used vnc, but I > > > prefer do the remote X thing. Is it possible to do the same > > > thing while running gnome on my local Linux system? I tried > > > simply ssh-X-l into a remote box and simply firing up > > > gnome-session, and gnome actually came up, but it got upset that > > > I was already running a window manager, and got totally confused > > > since I had two panels. I had to exit X completely to get it > > > reset. > > > > > > I haven't found a way to confine a remote gnome-session to a > > > single window under Linux. Appreciate any pointers. > > > > use Xnest, the nested X server which gives you an X session in a > > window. > > > > urpmi XFree-Xnest > > Alaa, thanks very much, this looks like what I'm looking for. I'm > having a little trouble getting started. Following directions in the > man pages, I simply started Xnest with "Xnest :1&". I got the > following when I did this: > > _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 > _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/emach-mdk64:1 > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for > inet6 Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, > removing from list! > > The window came up, but when I then try to do "xterm -display :1" it > says: > > AUDIT: Fri Apr 2 00:29:49 2004: 11711 Xnest: client 1 rejected from > local host Xlib: connection to ":1.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :1 > > Could you provide a suggestion on what to do next? Don't know if this > matters, but the hostname "emach-mdk64" is made up - I just put it in > /etc/hosts as an alias for localhost. Never mind, extensive mining on the web produced the -ac option. Thanks, Xnest is indeed what I wanted. > > > -- > Guy Rouillier > > -- Guy Rouillier
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