Re: gnome2 over an ssh2 connection
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 04:01:27AM -0700, Loren M. Lang wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 09:46:10PM -0700, Joshua Lewis wrote: > > I connect to my FreeBSD system from a PowerBook and was wondering (mostly > > for fun) if I can run Gnome2 or KDE or something within a Terminal > > connection on my PowerBook. > > Yes, but you need an X server for your power book. Apple has a copy of > XFree86 available on their website, I'd recomend installing it. Getting OT here, but if you bought a recent version (OS X 10.2 or later) it's on the extra DVD that came with the hardware and OS. I installed X for my daughter's iBook last summer so she could run OpenOffice. It is indeed perfectly feasible to run X apps over the network, that's what it was designed for. -- Clifton -- Clifton Royston -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tiki Technologies Lead Programmer/Software Architect "I'm gonna tell my son to grow up pretty as the grass is green And whip-smart as the English Channel's wide..." -- 'Whip-Smart', Liz Phair ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: gnome2 over an ssh2 connection
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 09:46:10PM -0700, Joshua Lewis wrote: > I connect to my FreeBSD system from a PowerBook and was wondering (mostly > for fun) if I can run Gnome2 or KDE or something within a Terminal > connection on my PowerBook. Yes, but you need an X server for your power book. Apple has a copy of XFree86 available on their website, I'd recomend installing it. > > I can manage my FreeBSD system fine from a CLI but thought it would be fun > to run Gnome or KDE. Yea, you could run a whole Gnome or KDE desktop over ssh, but it might be a little slow. I'd recommend using VNC or running a local KDE or Gnome desktop on the powerbook and only remote the apps you need to. > > Is what I am mentioning even feasible? Right now after following the > handbook for installing gnome2 (5.7.1.2 Installing GNOME) I startx and get > an error Fatal server error: > xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O. You can't run startx over ssh. startx is used to start the X server and the initial clients, but you need the X server to run on the power book where the mouse and keyboard is, not the freebsd box. That's why you need to install X on the power book. All the clients like the KDE desktop and xsolitaire can be run off of the freebsd box, but the X server is the program that access the display, mouse, and keyboard and so it has to run on the machine your in front of. > > If I am just loony let me know otherwise if what I am trying to do is > feasible I will ask the gnome mailing list. > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: CEE1 AAE2 F66C 59B5 34CA C415 6D35 E847 0118 A3D2 pgpI04Gy0BIvr.pgp Description: PGP signature
gnome2 over an ssh2 connection
I connect to my FreeBSD system from a PowerBook and was wondering (mostly for fun) if I can run Gnome2 or KDE or something within a Terminal connection on my PowerBook. I can manage my FreeBSD system fine from a CLI but thought it would be fun to run Gnome or KDE. Is what I am mentioning even feasible? Right now after following the handbook for installing gnome2 (5.7.1.2 Installing GNOME) I startx and get an error Fatal server error: xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O. If I am just loony let me know otherwise if what I am trying to do is feasible I will ask the gnome mailing list. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
