running X applications from linux

this is just a quick way to run linux applications on an X session from another linux/opensolaris client. i mean you want to run an x application - such as gimp, rhytmbox etc.- on linux box inside an X session in an X environment, which looks like this.

so todo that i first ssh -X to linux box,

ssh -X mediapc

then i run Xephyr - or you can run Xnest, but xephyr is a little bit faster -, then run an xterm with blackbox.

Xephyr -screen 1150x750 :2 &
xterm -display :2 -e blackbox &

or you can put them in a shell script like this

aybars@ubuntu:~$ cat ./xepstart 
#!/bin/bash
Xephyr -screen 1150x750 :2 &
sleep 2
xterm -display :2 -e blackbox &

you need to wait/sleep for a couple of seconds for X to initialize. or if you like gnome, you can say

aybars@ubuntu:~$ cat ./xepstart 
#!/bin/bash
Xephyr -screen 1150x750 :2 &
sleep 2
xterm -display :2 -e gnome-session &

to install xephyr on ubuntu

sudo apt-get install xserver-xephyr