<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">ok, I tried: ssh -CX ubuntu@192.168.56.101 /usr/bin/gnome-panel it gives me a panel, from where I can launch the applications on the remote machine, but it's still just an idea. There is no such thing as "remote ssh gui"? :O I mean the remote machines full desktop through ssh? thank you --- On Sun, 11/1/09, Eugeneapolinary Ju <eugeneapolinary81@yahoo.com> wrote: <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> From: Eugeneapolinary Ju <eugeneapolinary81@yahoo.com> Subject: remote gui with ssh To: "ubuntu list" <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 9:05 AM <div id="yiv538952815"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; -x-system-font: none;" valign="top">Hi! client & "server" = Ubuntu 9.04 Both has GNOME GUI installed. server [192.168.56.101]: I just install openssh-server on it, and set "DisallowTCP=false" in "/etc/gdm/gdm.config", then "/etc/init.d/gdm restart". Ok. client: I press "Alt+Ctrl+F2", ok, then I: $ ssh -X ubuntu@192.168.56.101 /etc/gdm/Xsession default ubuntu@192.168.56.101's password: /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... xrdb: Can't open display '' Setting IM through im-switch for locale=hu_HU. Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default. I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE. I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges. I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE. GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/seahorse-k6FXTU/S.gpg-agent:6252:1; export GPG_AGENT_INFO Why isn't it working? Am I missing something? Please help.. thanks </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></blockquote></td></tr></table>