[svlug] vmware, xfce and xterm

[Robert Hajime Lanning]

<quote who="Tom Pilot">
> 3. when this is done, here is what i want to do, I want to login from
> an xterm of another machine, somehow invoke xfce so that it would run
> remotely on that machine and then install vmware using that interface.
>
> so my question is, how to i get the xfce deskop of one machine to show
> up on another machine via xterm? and if i cant have the whole desktop
> show, can i at least run some key programs whose window will be on the
> other machine?

You can do one of two things:
1) use ssh X forwarding feature
2) run vncserver on the server and connect via vncviewer (which can
   be port forwarded through ssh if needed.)

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