The simplest solution is to add -X or -Y to your ssh line and then launch the program from the command line.
On Dec 6, 2016 10:20 AM, "Dick Steffens" <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
