On Friday 20 August 2010 15:51:13 Daniel Spain wrote:
> > OK not so much problems but more of how do I do it
> >
> > I have just installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server onto a new server, it boots
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> to
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> > CLI, I then sudo"user" startx to get a gui interface (yes I know gui and
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> server
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> > are not everybody cup of tea but for me it is).
> >
> > But as the server won't be next to me I need to access it remotely, now
> > if
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> the
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> > server is up and running (and X is running) I can run TightVNC and access
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> the
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> > server. But if the server goes down (reboot or powercut, I can get
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> somebody
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> > to
> > push the button on the front on the server to start it for me), I can
> > then
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> ssh
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> > into the server and login as me, but if I try to startX from ssh it won't
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> I
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> > think it is trying to run X just to the ssh client I have open and not
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> start X
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> > globally on the server. How can I start X globally on the server from an
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> ssh
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> > session?
> >
> > Tim
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> DISPLAY=:0.0 sudo "user" startx?
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> I may be wrong though....I know that works for launching graphical apps via
> an ssh session, but may not be correct for startx itself.
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> You could always just have the server start it automatically on boot.
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> Dan.
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OK the command that works is
DISPLAY=:0.0 sudo startx
So running SSH and logging in as me (a user) and then running the above command
starts X on the server, A minor problem is closing the SSH window on the remote
PC shutsdown X on the server. I then have to open a second SSH window to start
the vnc server (although I could do that before I start X or put it in a script
to start on bootup at a later date).
The reason I don't boot to GUI is that the user can't start X, even from the
server its self, I just get authentication failure, yet I am using the same
credentials when I remote in.
Tim
