[clue-tech] remote X (forward) on gentoo amd64

[Michael J. Hammel]

On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 10:12 -0600, J. Joseph Benavidez wrote:
> On Sunday 10 September 2006 6:33 am, Dave Price wrote:
> > I have always been able to remote X apps by doing
> > xhost +  (I know it is not secure)
> > ssh -X remotehost
> > ... run my X app, like eclipse, and it shows on my desktop
> > For some reason, this is not working on gentoo/amd64
> >
> Instead of the -X flag, try the -Y flag. I haven't really taken the time to 
> figure out the difference, but I just always do -Y now.

Not sure if someone else mentioned this already (wasn't following the
previous threads), but if you're using GDM to login to your session then
you need to configure it to allow remote connections.  I got tired of
trying to remember how to do this, so I put it on my blog:

http://www.graphics-muse.org/wp/?p=69

I would think that ssh's -Y option would open you up to wire snoops
while -X helps keep you protected.  Behind a firewall, -Y might be okay.
I use -X and configure GDM to allow the connections.
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Michael J. Hammel                                    Senior Software Engineer
mjhammel at graphics-msue.org                           http://graphics-muse.org
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