ssh and x2x (software kvm switch over local network)

[sc0ttman]

x2x is like a software kvm switch ..

you can control the kb+mouse of another pc (server) over a network..

I've used this to control my 'server', which is a puppy pc hooked up to my TV.. i use ssh+x2x to control the server using my netbook, from my comfy sofa

Note x2x, OpenSSH with X11 forwarding must be installed and working on the PC that you wanna ssh into and control (the server)..

Using ssh and X11 forwarding, you can control the mouse/kb of another pc on your network, just by scrolling off the screen..

.. on the server, get openSSH and x2x installed, then add to end of /etc/ssh/sshd_config

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AllowTcpForwarding yes
X11Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10
X11UseLocalhost yes
XAuthLocation /usr/bin/xauth

Now start the SSH server on the server:

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/etc/init.d/sshd start

Now you're ready to run x2s from the client...

Example command to run in the terminal on your client PC (the pc you wanna use to control the other[s]):

THE IMPORTANT BIT:

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ssh -Y user@server_ip x2x -west -to :0

with the above command, you can scroll off the left of your screen to control the mouse and keyboard of the other pc..

note: change user to the user you wanna login as, server_ip to the ip of the server (the computer you will control remotely).. and change :0 to the screen used on the server..

EDIT:

To get rid of any errors about xauth, you can do the following :

In the terminal, on the client pc, run these commands:

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touch ~/.Xauthorty
xauth add :0 . `mcookie`

If you dont have mcookie (see below), you could try this:

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dd if=/dev/random count=1 | openssl md5 | sed -e 's/^/add :0 . /' | xauth -

to test it worked:

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xauth list

If you're missing the file 'mcookie', get it from http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/ma ... 5_i386.deb


EDIT2: ROX doesn't work right with x11 forwarding, it runs as if locally - and not showing the filesystem of the server, unlike spacefm and others... any ideas?

EDIT3: ROX does work fine, my mistake..