Re: [Evolution] running evolution remotely

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 11:05 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I'm having trouble running evolution remotely, that is
> ssh -X othersystem
> othersystem> evolution &
>
> This used to work pretty reliably when I did an evolution
> --force-shutdown first, but no longer.  The window either does not
> appear, or appears and works for awhile, and then stops repainting.  The
> latter seems to happen when I switch virtual desktops and switch back.
>
> Previous messages suggest that the problem is that evolution launches by
> sending a request to bonobo-activation server, which is running outside
> of my ssh session.
>
> Is there a way to get things working OK, i.e., having the display appear
> on my local machine?  It would also be fine if I could run evo on my
> local machine but have it talk to the remote server.

The remote server for what? If it's a mail server, no problem, just
configure Evo as normal. Otherwise, not so much.

> I'm on Debian Lenny, evo 2.22.3.1
> libbonobo2-0                        2.22.0-1 
> The local and remote machines are both running KDE, though the remote
> session is not.

Not important.

> Any suggestions?  Thanks.

Sounds like you want VNC. This runs a second X server on the remote
machine and sends the I/O back and forth to your local machine via a VNC
client. The advantage is that you have an entire remote desktop session
(not just a remote application). Also, the I/O protocol tends to be much
more efficient than pure X. You can even share the same desktop session
between the two machines, e.g. start typing a message at the office,
leave Evo running, go home and continue typing the same message.

There's a lot of info out there on setting this up. Google is your
friend.

poc