From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hs2wQ-00050q-57 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 26 May 2007 20:32:46 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4QKUqDr001117; Sat, 26 May 2007 20:30:52 GMT Received: from ppsw-9.csi.cam.ac.uk (ppsw-9.csi.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.139]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4QKUnFX001112 for ; Sat, 26 May 2007 20:30:49 GMT X-Cam-SpamDetails: Not scanned X-Cam-AntiVirus: No virus found X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Received: from sonicwall.homerton.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.80.20]:33696 helo=[172.31.1.88]) by ppsw-9.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.159]:25) with esmtpsa (PLAIN:smc78) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) id 1Hs2uJ-0008CJ-US (Exim 4.63) for gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org (return-path ); Sat, 26 May 2007 21:30:35 +0100 Message-ID: <465898C0.6030101@runbox.com> Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 21:29:52 +0100 From: Simon Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070505) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can I run a complete desktop remotely? References: <5bdc1c8b0705261207q2845c578rdf1d85bd2e4db1d@mail.gmail.com> <20070526135318.56425219@mandalor.homelinux.net> In-Reply-To: <20070526135318.56425219@mandalor.homelinux.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "S.M. Cooper" X-Archives-Salt: 70e2eced-2096-44ab-9446-5bb6e326a12d X-Archives-Hash: 1f2e043f2de229cea317df0ef12a18e1 As a side point, would it be possible to run an accelerated X client with the nvidia drivers? eg, have a standard X server, and the X client uses the nvidia drivers - would that result in a hardware accelerated session (given a fast enough network)? Conway S. Smith wrote: > On Sat, 26 May 2007 12:07:02 -0700 > "Mark Knecht" wrote: >> Hi, >> Is it possible to run a complete Gnome desktop from a remote >> location through ssh? I'm not talking about using vnc to watch a >> remote desktop but actually run one remotely and only have it >> displayed here. >> >> Thanks, >> Mark > > Yes; the X Windowing System was designed as both a display and a > networking protocol. The X Server is where the video is displayed & > where the input (keyboard, mouse) comes from; the X clients are the > program(s) that are being displayed. Any or all of the X clients, > including the Desktop Environment / Window Manager, can be run on the > same host as the Server, or on remote hosts (as long as the remote > hosts have permission to access the X Server). > > SSH also includes functionality to allow X11 forwarding through the > encrypted SSH connection. > > Hopefully helpful links: > http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/XoverSSH/X-over-SSH2.html > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/ > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_X-forwarding > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System > > > Good luck, > Conway S. Smith -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list