----------------------------------- DtY Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:05 pm Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- I got a macbook today (:D:D:D:D:D), and want to run Fedora in a VM. I have VMWare and Fedora up and working, but I don't want to fork over the resources to run an X-Server (especially memory) when OSX already has an X Server running (I did not know it did, but that saves a lot of trouble) So, what I want to do, is make Fedora boot without X (I know how to do this) and then make any X programs I start use the Mac's X server. From what I know already, this would involve two steps: Allowing the Mac's X server to accept external connections (since the VM is technically an external computer), and then telling Fedora that that's where the X server is. Thanks btw, I don't want a desktop environment, just to be able to run X programs [edit] Oh, and question, does anyone know, or know a website that explains how to do those two steps? ----------------------------------- rdrake Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:24 pm RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- No, but I find it amusing that you used the maximum amount of smilies possible in a post. ----------------------------------- DtY Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:37 pm Re: RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- No, but I find it amusing that you used the maximum amount of smilies possible in a post. I had a few more, but it wouldn't let me post :( ----------------------------------- andrew. Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:01 pm RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- There must be a way because I think that you can do something like this with a jailbroken iPhone/iPod touch. I see in the preferences of X11 there is something about connections in the security tab. I don't know if it helps though. ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:12 pm Re: Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- No idea, however: http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/7894/v3postscreenshotc.th.png ...and then the forums exploded. Good times. :P :x ----------------------------------- DtY Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:17 pm Re: RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- There must be a way because I think that you can do something like this with a jailbroken iPhone/iPod touch. I see in the preferences of X11 there is something about connections in the security tab. I don't know if it helps though. Okay, I enabled allow network connections. Now does anyone know how to make my Linux "computer" send X somewhere else? I heard somewhere that it's an environment variable, but I checked env and found nothing useful (ie. nothing set to localhost or 127.0.0.1), so if it is, it's not set right now. ----------------------------------- andrew. Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:35 pm RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- Maybe [url=http://maketecheasier.com/use-ssh-x-forwarding-to-run-remote-apps/2009/06/22]this or [url=http://nixcraft.com/getting-started-tutorials/170-run-remote-x-applications-over-network-using-ssh.html]this. Don't know if that's what you're looking for. ----------------------------------- DtY Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:38 pm Re: RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- Maybe Nope :( I can run gui applications the way I want if I SSH into the VM, but I want to start them from within the VM. [edit] That second one looks relevant actually, I should read past the title :) I'll let you know if it works ----------------------------------- DtY Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:30 pm RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- Okay, still not working, I get the error that it cannot open the display. I'm not sure what's wrong, I added my VM's IP address to xhost, and then even tried with my name. Also, there are two networks in mac os: vmnet8 and vmnet1, what's the different between these two? I can ping both, but cannot cannot to X on either [edit] I can connect to both on port 6000 (X port) with telnet [edit 2] Just got it working, you have to put the display number at the end of the DISPLAY variable, so it would be export DISPLAY=xx.xx.xx.xx:0.0 If I want this in my environment at every boot, what file do I need to put that in? .bashrc? ----------------------------------- rdrake Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:05 pm Re: RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- If I want this in my environment at every boot, what file do I need to put that in? .bashrc?[code]~/.bash_profile[/code] ----------------------------------- DtY Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:04 am RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- Thanks ----------------------------------- andrew. Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:36 am RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- So did you get it working? If so, can I see a screenshot? It sounds cool. ----------------------------------- DtY Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:50 am Re: RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- So did you get it working? If so, can I see a screenshot? It sounds cool. Yup, it's working exactly how I want :) Except one of my C programs is seg faulting when I run it, even if I ssh into my desktop and run it off there (displaying locally), but that's probably my fault. (It runs fine if I run it on my desktop) http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/jeffayle/1252767119-Picture-1.png http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/jeffayle/1252767148-Picture-2.png (For anyone who doesn't get what's going on, gedit is running in the virtual machine running Linux, but displaying on the Mac) [edit] Oops, I left the arch folder on the desktop. Inevitably, someone's going to ask why I didn't use that. In short, I gave up. I installed it, then "took the CD out and rebooted", and got an error saying that the "drive" wasn't bootable (VMWare error, not an arch error). The same thing happened when I tried installing Fedora, so I gave up and used a pre made VM. I'll try it again later. ----------------------------------- andrew. Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:02 pm RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- Very nice. But may I ask why you didn't just install GNOME or KDE on your Mac? You can have them running with the Mac desktop environment. This guy posted a screenshot on his site. http://homepage.mac.com/rhwood/gnome/grab1.png ----------------------------------- DtY Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:58 pm RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- I wanted to have Linux, probably all the programs I use have been ported to OS X, so I guess mostly because I can. ----------------------------------- andrew. Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:48 am RE:Chaging location of X server ----------------------------------- Oh, I guess that works. Just be careful with the heat of your laptop, it will probably get very hot after a while of having the VM open.