Re: [arch-general] startx on arch vm running on ESXI (when accessed via ssh - do I need a DM?)

2016-03-23 Thread Dan Haworth
On 19/03/16 01:50, David C. Rankin wrote: On 03/18/2016 03:09 PM, Ben Oliver wrote: I would personally set up VNC and tunnel it over ssh. Tried your approach once and never had much joy. Thanks Ben, all, Now the synapses are starting to fire again. The frustrating thing is I used to do

Re: [arch-general] startx on arch vm running on ESXI (when accessed via ssh - do I need a DM?)

2016-03-19 Thread Ben Oliver
I would personally set up VNC and tunnel it over ssh. Tried your approach once and never had much joy.

[arch-general] startx on arch vm running on ESXI (when accessed via ssh - do I need a DM?)

2016-03-19 Thread David C. Rankin
All, When I ended up with a hand-me-down supermicro server from a local ISP, I decided to try virtualizing all my hosts. The company I got this from recommended vmware ESXI as the hypervisor. It was a pleasant surprise to find that ESXI is a basic Linux system. (albeit a very limited and quirky

Re: [arch-general] startx on arch vm running on ESXI (when accessed via ssh - do I need a DM?)

2016-03-19 Thread respiranto
On 2016-03-18 20:21, David C. Rankin wrote: > All, > > When I ended up with a hand-me-down supermicro server from a local ISP, I > decided to try virtualizing all my hosts. The company I got this from > recommended vmware ESXI as the hypervisor. It was a pleasant surprise to find > that ESXI is

Re: [arch-general] startx on arch vm running on ESXI (when accessed via ssh - do I need a DM?)

2016-03-18 Thread David C. Rankin
On 03/18/2016 03:09 PM, Ben Oliver wrote: > I would personally set up VNC and tunnel it over ssh. Tried your approach > once and never had much joy. > Thanks Ben, all, Now the synapses are starting to fire again. The frustrating thing is I used to do this without much of an issue when I would

Re: [arch-general] startx on arch vm running on ESXI (when accessed via ssh - do I need a DM?)

2016-03-18 Thread LoneVVolf
On 18-03-16 20:21, David C. Rankin wrote: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server You can get allow other users to run an xserver by creating /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config . from man xorg.wrap : allowed_users = rootonly|console|anybody

Re: [arch-general] startx on arch vm running on ESXI (when accessed via ssh - do I need a DM?)

2016-03-18 Thread Ista Zahn
I've used x2go for this sort of thing and have generally been impressed. Setup instructions are on the wiki, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X2Go --Ista On Mar 18, 2016 3:21 PM, "David C. Rankin" wrote: > All, > > When I ended up with a hand-me-down