3 AUTHOR: Ron885 <ron885@linuxfreemail.com>
5 SYNOPSIS: This hint explains how to setup and and get working remote X.
9 Setting up remote X is very simple. You need two computers... one will be
10 called A and one will be called B. An X server needs to be running on A. To
11 allow computer B to connect to computer A's X server, you need to run
12 'xhost +Bip' on computer A. Than you have to follow the directions based on
13 how you are connecting to computer B.
15 If you are using ssh and have 'ForwardX11 yes' in your config:
16 You don't have to setup anything special, all you have to do is ssh
17 into computer B from computer A and run the programs normally, the ssh
18 will do everything for you.
20 If you are using telnet or you can't put 'ForwardX11 yes' in your config:
21 Make sure port 6000 is open on computer A. Telnet or ssh into computer
22 B and type 'export DISPLAY=Aip:0'. Then you can just run programs like
25 If it works, you should see the program you ran display on computer A.