[expert] remote xwindow : help needed

2000-04-26 Thread Hans Schneidhofer
hi, I've discovered a seldom behavior with remote xwin. Have a little homenetwork with 4 PC's. 3 PC's are allowed via ssh and xhost to communicate directly, so I can start an application from PC 1 on PC 2 or 3. So far so good. But now I makes an ssh to the remote-box, and was calling

Re: [expert] remote xwindow : help needed

2000-04-26 Thread Jonathan Oppenheim
i don't know if this helps at all, but i have a similar problem, and the cause might be the same. if i su to root, and then start kfm as root, then i get the root's kde desktop on top of my desktop. not sure how to prevent this, but i assume it is a bug in kfm. this problem seems only related

Re: [expert] remote xwindow : help needed

2000-04-26 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, you wrote: if i su to root, and then start kfm as root, then i get the root's kde desktop on top of my desktop. If you mean you get root's "~/Desktop/" directory, it's not a bug. KFM is just doing what it's told to do. Since you're starting it as root, it just opens root's

Re: [expert] remote xwindow : help needed

2000-04-26 Thread Gavin Clark
as an alternative you could try 'vnc' it does remote control screen sharing -there's an RPM on the new CD Gavin -- From: Jonathan Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] remote xwindow : help needed Date: Wed, Apr 26, 2000, 10:52 AM i don't know