Re: [SLE] connecting to a UNIX or a Linux cluster from SuSE

On Tuesday 18 April 2006 2:53 pm, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

On 4/18/06, Maura Edeweiss Monville wrote:

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From my laptop running SuSE9.3 I can connect to a SUN station (UNIX sstem) or a Linux cluster. I connect through ssh. How can I get a graphic connection ? So far I only get a character connection ? Which SuSE module shall I install (installation parameter ? ) ?

Depending on what you'd like to run you can just do this...

ssh -X <host id>

This enables X forwarding via ssh tunnel so you can run things such as Veritas or other such applications. I'm not sure whatelse you'd like to do.. you can export the whole desktop from the Sun to SUSE but that would be SUCH a piggy. ;D Additionally, the KDE kssh applet can also be used, but make sure you have Enable X11 set. Once you ssh into a site with X forwarding, you should be able to run most applications.

If you get an authentication failure, something like: X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. Run xhost + (or xhost +<hostname>) on the system you want to display on. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9