Good day everyone,
I'm attempting to access a Linux server and trying to bring up its GUI via SSH in XQuartz.
So far, this is what I did:
1. Open an xterm window
2. Typed ssh -X username@server.domain.com
3. Accessed all my files there via cd, ls, all the standard commands
4. Tried to bring up a GUI with gnome-session >&/dev/null &
The problem is, it starts the remote desktop locally with a transparent background. So whatever folders I click in the Linux desktop gets passed through to the Mac desktop instead..
Is there anyway to make the whole session opaque and act like a separate app window?
I'm not considering to launch apps that I need rather than Gnome. I managed to do everything successfully on Windows with a mix of Putty, XLaunch and Xming (selected the Fullscreen option in XLaunch, that is, to make it act like a separate environment altogether, where everything in the Linux GUI is clickable like I was sitting in front of it). I was hoping I could achieve the same thing in OS X.
I'd appreciate any help.
I'm attempting to access a Linux server and trying to bring up its GUI via SSH in XQuartz.
So far, this is what I did:
1. Open an xterm window
2. Typed ssh -X username@server.domain.com
3. Accessed all my files there via cd, ls, all the standard commands
4. Tried to bring up a GUI with gnome-session >&/dev/null &
The problem is, it starts the remote desktop locally with a transparent background. So whatever folders I click in the Linux desktop gets passed through to the Mac desktop instead..
Is there anyway to make the whole session opaque and act like a separate app window?
I'm not considering to launch apps that I need rather than Gnome. I managed to do everything successfully on Windows with a mix of Putty, XLaunch and Xming (selected the Fullscreen option in XLaunch, that is, to make it act like a separate environment altogether, where everything in the Linux GUI is clickable like I was sitting in front of it). I was hoping I could achieve the same thing in OS X.
I'd appreciate any help.
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