[PD] ssh - leaving pd running

dafydd hughes dafydd at sideshowmedia.ca
Thu Jul 6 19:02:06 CEST 2006


Thanks Frank

Yes - it looks like vnc is the way to go.

Thanks everybody for the help!

cheers
dafydd

On 7/6/06, Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> wrote:
> Hallo,
> dafydd hughes hat gesagt: // dafydd hughes wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your responses.  I've decided to try screen first, as it
> > seems simplest, and it seems to do what I need.
> >
> > I'm encountering some difficulties, though...
> >
> > >From an X11 on my laptop:
> > ssh -Y to the linux desktop
> >
> > then:
> > xterm
> > screen
> > qjackctl &
> > pd &
> >
> > ctl-a d disconnects fine - I can close the xterm window within the ssh
> > session.  However, pd stays active on the screen of my laptop.  I
> > can't log out from the session without first stopping pd, nor can I
> > exit X11 on the mac laptop without killing the programs I've started.
> >
> > Am I missing something important here?
>
> Ah, okay, it seems I misunderstood slightly what you wanted to do.
> What happened is this: ssh automatically does "X-Forwarding", which
> means, that every *graphical* program you start on the remote machine
> will show up its GUI on the local machine. As soon as you close the
> local display (powering down the laptop etc.) you will loose access to
> the GUI. This will most likely lead to bad results.
>
> In your case I would recommend to use VNC like Jamie did. It's like
> "screen" but for graphical programs. You need to start the server
> (vncserver) on the remote machine, then you can connect to this
> machine using the password you gave in the vncserver's configuration
> file. Probably there also are ways to do this with ssh encryption. I
> don't have any URLs at hand just google a bit.
>
> Ciao
> --
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