Re: [Evolution] running evolution remotely

[Ross Boylan <ross biostat ucsf edu>]

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:00 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 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 was thinking of the evolution back end.  I have feeling the only
back-end server might evolution-data-server, and that only handles stuff
like the address book, not email.  Either way, I think I'm in the "not
so much" category.

> > 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.
Thanks for the tip.  It not only helps me, but someone who asked on an
unrelated list about something that worked like screen for X.

I still wish that evo just worked with X, the way most other
applications do.  Maybe it's a general GNOME thing?

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