Re: [gentoo-user] X-forwarding questions

[pk <peterk2@coolmail.se>]

Grant wrote:

> That's the weird part.  Local gimp and remote gimp side-by-side on the
> same screen look different.  For example, the edges of the buttons and
> widgets in local gimp are rounded but they aren't in remote gimp.  Not
> a big deal though.

So what do gimp look like when you run it locally on the "remote"
machine (i.e. not using ssh)?

> When I ssh -X, start gimp, close gimp, and close the ssh session, the
> terminal prompt disappears and only the cursor is visible in the
> terminal.  I have to ctrl+c to bring the prompt back.  This doesn't
> happen with ssh -X unless I open gimp during the session.

So this only happens with gimp? It may be that gimp doesn't exit
"properly"... I'm just guessing and I don't know why that would be.

> Using -C, gimp is about 10x more responsive than if I don't.  I was
> surprised too.  My laptop and the "remote" system are 15 feet away
> from each other on the same wireless network, with the router in
> between.

Ah, well... can't argue with that. :-)

Best regards

Peter K