Hello there, : With my latest update (to Ubuntu 11.04), I changed to Evolution : from Thunderbird. Hopefully this'll end up being a good idea. : One of the things that indicates that it is is that I can now : remote shell into my work machine from my laptop and successfully : run Evolution. (I used to be able to do this with Thunderbird : but it broke over a year ago). : : However, when I do this and run an X program from the command : line, on the route back to my local shell I have to type 'exit' : at the remote shell, but then I get hung in some sort of limbo, : and also have to do a control-C to get my command line back. : : Is there an easy fix? One that's easier than just hitting : control-C every time?
The answer is yes. There are quite a few command-line options to ssh, so I can understand why you might not know which to choose. Here's my typical invocation of an X application that I run on a different machine. ssh -f -C -Y -c blowfish -l "${USER}" "${REMOTE_HOST}" "proggie" -f background after pass{phrase,word} -C compression (probably not necessary on a LAN) -c <cipher> choose a cipher -Y use X-forwarding -l <user> alternate username Good luck, -Martin -- Martin A. Brown http://linux-ip.net/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug