Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: >> On 5/27/2011 11:51 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >>>>>> Yes, I am missing some point. If you run X you can run anything >>>>>> from anywhere else in a window pretty much transparently. Why can't >>>>>> you add >>> <snip> >>>>> I think you are talking about remote desktop implementation, and he >>>>> about nVidia drivers not showing picture/image/overlay from Remote >>>>> desktop server. >>>> The term 'Remote desktop' usually refers specifically to the >>>> MS-windows implementation, where NX/freenx are just X applications >>> <snip> >>> Yep, that's what I thought you meant. This is not the case here - I >>> have dozens of folks running personal workstations, all running CentOS >>> natively, and *not* dual boot, so it is Linux drivers that have to >>> work. >> >> Still a separate issue from running thunderbird or any other single app >> remotely. From your workstation, does 'ssh -Y rh_6_box thunderbird' do >> something reasonable? I suppose you would end up having to automount >> the users own home directories there to send/download file attachments >> with the locations they'd expect but that sort of thing is why we have >> networks. >> > Less, put this two statements in mutually connected context. > > "And I'm going to have to worry about NVidia cards, like mine, that need > the -173 proprietary driver...." > , and > "I think you missed the point - they run CentOS on their workstations, > and are X'ing to the servers. If their own workstation ain't showing, > they don't see nuttin'." > > He says that without proprietary drivers his implementation of "Remote > desktop" fails to show screen from the Server. Yup. Without the proprietary driver, most folks, who have two monitors, can't use both; in extreme cases, X crashes. mark