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X11 w/ Linux
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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I want to use X11 on my Mac to display the frontend of a Linux box I have.
Has anyone done this, and can you tell me what it would involve?
Many thanks.
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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What do you mean exactly?
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Do you mean X11 forwarding? Or running a linux application on OS X?
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Mar 2001
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I would suggest installing SynergyKM on your Mac, and Synergy on your Linux machine. This will allow you to control your Linux box using your Mac's mouse/keyboard. Alternatively, VNC works, and of course SSH X11 forwarding.
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I meant X11 forwarding (I think). I wanted to open up X11 on my Mac, and have it show my the Linux desktop that I have running.
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Originally Posted by purplemaji 
I meant X11 forwarding (I think). I wanted to open up X11 on my Mac, and have it show my the Linux desktop that I have running.
Sounds like you might as well just use VNC if this is what you want. Many modern Linux distributions that have GNOME or KDE will include a "Share my desktop" icon or something similarly obvious which will start a VNC server. If you're not running GNOME or KDE, you're probably savvy enough to figure out how to find and run a VNC in whatever desktop or UI you've selected. 
I recommend Chicken of the VNC as the viewer on your Mac. SourceForge.net: Chicken of the VNC
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Mar 2001
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The problem with VNC is that it opens up a new desktop session, and right now there are a few problems with VNC display under Ubuntu. SSH X11 forwarding is very cool for when you want to run a particular application. Running Synergy is likewise cool if the other machine is within comfortable visible range.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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You definitely want X11 forwarding. I haven't done it in a really long time, and only with XFree86 not XOrg (which is what I assume you're using), but it used to be a simple configuration change in the X11 configs on your Linux box and then on your Mac you just use the X11 terminal and ssh into your Linux box using some additional flag (I want to say it's -l, but I can't really remember).
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Mar 2001
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There are some good instructions here (I've always used these for all things SSH) under "X11 Session Forrwarding"
SSH Tutorial
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