Dick, Google "forwarding X over ssh".
Basically, you have to enable X11Forwarding on the server in the .ssh file, then just 'ssh -X' from the client. May be slow...YMMV. Mark On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Dick Steffens <d...@dicksteffens.com> wrote: > What's the word I need to search on for a tool to connect to a remote > Ubuntu machine and have access to the GUI? > > I already SSH into the machine for one task I need to do. But sometimes > I need to run a program on it that requires a GUI. I recall that there > are such tools, but don't recall the names. > > The remote box runs MythTV. I'm no longer using it to drive a TV, but > just for viewing the schedule. I can always get out a monitor and hook > it up, but for the few times I need to run the front end program, it > would be easier to do it from another machine. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
