Run an X app on remote machine

How can I run an X app on a remote machine through an SSH connection?
Notice, I don't want the display to show on the local machine, I want
the process AND display to run on the remote machine.

Thanks,

: s <(E-Mail Removed)>
: How can I run an X app on a remote machine through an SSH connection?
: Notice, I don't want the display to show on the local machine, I want
: the process AND display to run on the remote machine.

First, decide which display you want it to interact with.
In this case, figure out the display name of the display
on the remote machine, relative to the remote machine. Often
this will be ":0.0". Assuming that's the one you want,

ssh -n -f -x remosthost env DISPLAY=:0.0 someapp


Wayne Throop (E-Mail Removed) http://sheol.org/throopw

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On Tue, 11 May 2004 14:49:49 -0500, s staggered into the Black Sun and said:
> How can I run an X app on a remote machine through an SSH connection?
> Notice, I don't want the display to show on the local machine, I want
> the process AND display to run on the remote machine.

This works for me, YMMV:

Log into remote as username using xdm/kdm, so a valid ~/.Xauthority is
generated for username.
local:~$ ssh -l username -x remote
( -x to disable X11 forwarding since you said you don't want that)
remote:~$ export DISPLAY=:0
remote:~$ nohup xeyes &

....this starts xeyes on the remote machine, and it displays on the
remote machine without problems.

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s wrote:

> How can I run an X app on a remote machine through an SSH connection?
> Notice, I don't want the display to show on the local machine, I want
> the process AND display to run on the remote machine.
>
> Thanks,

local$ ssh -x user@remote
(the '-x' isn't really needed but disables X forwarding)
remote$ export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
(check the screen number - might be different)
remote$ xapp

You could also skip the second step and just use:
remote$ xapp -display=127.0.0.1:0.0

You may need the X session owner to give you permission to access the X
server etc, but that's a different question.

James
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