my X forwarding is enabled so -X doesn't mean anything then.  Thanks.

Is it normal for an X app to take a couple of minutes to load (over 256k)?

Plug@BryceCo.Net wrote:

>Depending on your /etc/sshd/ssh_config, X forwarding may be
>automatically enabled or not. The -X switch is the manual invocation of
>this.
>
>On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 12:13, Don Calfa wrote:
>  
>
>>What is the difference using -X or not?
>>
>>I ssh from T1 (office) to 256k (home dsl) and can do fine on CLI.  If I 
>>type "nautilus", I get nautilus on the local running from the remote and 
>>it takes a couple of minutes.  What am I supposed to get if I
>>
>>ssh -l me <ip> -X
>>
>>because it doesn't seem to do anything different.  Either that doesn't 
>>matter or my ssh is not optimized.
>>
>>tkinias@asu.edu wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>scripsit George Gambill:
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>One brave sole (besides myself) is now using Linux (non-LTSP) desktop
>>>>(RH8).  He seems to be doing fairly well but we do hit some bumps from
>>>>time to time requiring my attention.  I could install VNC server on
>>>>his desktop so I could effect fixes from my machine.  Is there a
>>>>better way???  We are behind a firewall so simplicity is more
>>>>important than security.
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>I frequently just use SSH for this.  I've got a buddy whose home Debian
>>>box I frequently help him troubleshoot, and there's little I can't do
>>>through SSH, especially with tunneled X.
>>>
>>>I'm typing this e-mail in an xterm running on one of my boxes at home,
>>>displaying on an X server at work.  (I've got X apps from four different
>>>boxes on my desktop right now...)  So long as the remote box's sshd is
>>>set to tunnel X and you remember the '-X' when you invoke the SSH
>>>client, it's trivial to use.  It's also pretty secure, FWIW.
>>>
>>>IIRC VNC lets you actually take control of his desktop, so he can watch
>>>you move the mouse around and see what you're doing.  That you can't do
>>>with vanilla SSH and X, but otherwise VNC seems like overkill.
>>>
>>>HTH,
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>

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