Linux

Using xpra to run remote X applications

This post describes how you can run a X application on a host and view it on another. Xpra is a tool which allows you to run X programs — usually on a remote host — and then direct their display to your local  machine, disconnect  from these programs, and reconnect from the same or another […]

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Linux

Switching to a graphical login on RHEL6

This is a short post on how to install the necessary components to get X Server running on a bare bone RedHat 6 Enterprise Server (CentOS6) installation. The following commands should be run from a console window as the root user. Install barebone X support # yum groupinstall “X Window System” Install X and the […]

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Linux

Run X programs through ssh

A easy way to run remote X programs (from another host) on your local linux installation is to connect to it via ssh using the -Y switch. For instance if you would like to run up2date in graphical mode on a remote machine but the server doesn’t have X installed. Then this is a great […]

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