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timb.us · 03-01-2013, 04:59 PM

Thanks buddy! I'll give those a try!

I've made some progress, here's where I'm at:

[K] = Kindle PW, [Pi] = Raspberry Pi, [o2] = MacBook Air

[K] Has a copy of ssh that supports the -X option for tunneling X Sessions. After reading through some other threads here I've learned that a second instance of Xorg will display overtop of the existing framework. So, I've launched it like so: [K] Xorg :1 &
Then I set the display variable: [K] DISPLAY=:1
I then SSH'd into [Pi] from [K]: ./ssh -X pi@rpi

It connects fine, now I try to run an X app: [Pi] midori
It runs, no errors, but nothing is displayed on [K]...

At this point I kill -9 Xorg on [K] and try running midori again on [Pi]. This time I get an error:

Code:

connect /tmp/.X11-unix/X1: No such file or directory
Midori - Cannot open display:

So, I know it is trying to tunnel to the second copy of Xorg running, but why isn't anything being displayed?

Edit: Wait a second, it is displaying something! I can see it behind the top menu bar, bits and pieces of it! Hrmmm... Now, how to get it to display on top of everything else?

03-01-2013, 04:59 PM	#16
timb.us Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 563888 Join Date: Feb 2013 Device: Kindle PW, iPad 2	Thanks buddy! I'll give those a try! I've made some progress, here's where I'm at: [K] = Kindle PW, [Pi] = Raspberry Pi, [o2] = MacBook Air [K] Has a copy of ssh that supports the -X option for tunneling X Sessions. After reading through some other threads here I've learned that a second instance of Xorg will display overtop of the existing framework. So, I've launched it like so: [K] Xorg :1 & Then I set the display variable: [K] DISPLAY=:1 I then SSH'd into [Pi] from [K]: ./ssh -X pi@rpi It connects fine, now I try to run an X app: [Pi] midori It runs, no errors, but nothing is displayed on [K]... At this point I kill -9 Xorg on [K] and try running midori again on [Pi]. This time I get an error: Code: connect /tmp/.X11-unix/X1: No such file or directory Midori - Cannot open display: So, I know it is trying to tunnel to the second copy of Xorg running, but why isn't anything being displayed? Edit: Wait a second, it is displaying something! I can see it behind the top menu bar, bits and pieces of it! Hrmmm... Now, how to get it to display on top of everything else?