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| ====== Remote X: Linux to Linux ====== | ====== Remote X: Linux to Linux ====== | ||
| - | <!-- Add your text below. We strongly advise to start with a Headline (see button bar above). --> | + | As X11 in its newer versions doesn't allow incoming tcp connections by default anymore (see the relative [[https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=cc59be38b7eff52a1d003b390f2994c73ee0b3e9|commit)]], since Slackware 14.2 you have to launch your X server (the one which has to display the remote application) explicitly enabling them, like |
| - | ====== Plain Ol' Vanilla X11 Forwarding ====== | + | |
| - | **NOTE:** in the X11 world, the **SERVER machine** is the one listening for a connection (your desktop). The **CLIENT machine** is the one initiating the connection (the machine you are executing the commands on). I know, it sounds backwards but, it is actually correct if you understand the X11 connection. | + | startx -- -listen tcp |
| - | 1) As X11 in its newer versions doesn't allow tcp connections by default anymore (see the relative [[https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=cc59be38b7eff52a1d003b390f2994c73ee0b3e9|commit)]], since Slackware 14.2 you have to launch your X server explicitly enabling them, like | + | if you are using a display manager to launch your X session refer to its documentation for enabling this in its configuration file. |
| + | ====== Plain Ol' Vanilla X11 Forwarding ====== | ||
| - | startx -- -listen tcp | + | **NOTE:** in the X11 world, the **SERVER machine** is the one listening for a connection (your desktop). The **CLIENT machine** is the one initiating the connection (the machine you are executing the commands on). I know, it sounds backwards but, it is actually correct if you understand the X11 connection. |
| - | 2) Tell your X11 Server Linux box to accept X11 connections from the Client machines with the xhost command. You can add the the command to .bashrc or .profile: | + | 1) Tell your X11 Server Linux box to accept X11 connections from the Client machines with the xhost command. You can add the the command to .bashrc or .profile: |
| EXAMPLE: xhost +192.168.1.36 | EXAMPLE: xhost +192.168.1.36 | ||
| - | 3) Start the connection from the **client** (the remote) machine to the **server** (your desktop) machine: | + | 2) Start the connection from the **client** (the remote) machine to the **server** (your desktop) machine: |
| Connect to the remote machine via ssh/telnet/rlogin/whatever and run: | Connect to the remote machine via ssh/telnet/rlogin/whatever and run: | ||
