Commands tagged Xephyr (3)

  • Launch remote awesome session on Dual monitor

    # from xfce session to avoid keyboard shortcut clashing # start xephyr in VGA1 monitor: Xephyr -keybd ephyr,,,xkbmodel=evdev,xkblayout=it -listen tcp -ac -reset -output VGA1 :5 # then start an xterm locally export DISPLAY=:5.0 xterm # and remote ssh (no X fw needed if local tcp with access disablesd (-tcp -ac) => UNSECURE!!! ssh remote-host export DISPLAY=notebook:5.0 xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources xterm -geometry 132x50-0+0 # start awesome dbus-launch $(which awesome) dex -a -e Awesome Show Sample Output


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    Xephyr -keybd ephyr,,,xkbmodel=evdev,xkblayout=it -listen tcp -ac -reset -output VGA1 :5
    hute37 · 2016-09-12 15:59:07 0
  • remote ssh xdmcp session

    ssh compresion -C option ... on slow connection VNC performs better but in local LAN native secure X protocol is an option Show Sample Output


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    ssh -XfC -c blowfish user@host Xephyr dpms -fullscreen -query localhost :5
    hute37 · 2012-11-01 18:59:57 1
  • nested XDMCP login

    XDMCP ust be enabled (gdm,lightdm,xdm etc ) Show Sample Output


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    /usr/bin/Xephyr :5 -query localhost -once -fullscreen -ac -keybd "ephyr,,,xkbmodel=pc105,xkblayout=it,xkbrules=evdev,xkboption="
    hute37 · 2012-11-03 01:21:36 0

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