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2009-12-10
, 10:23
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@ London UK
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it does work very well. try running xrandr -o left 
to be fair, only simple x apps will be usable, mainly do to the maemo window manager. xlogo works great. but remember, thus device isn't really multi-window oriented so dialog boxes aren't great!!
Last edited by cpitchford; 2009-12-10 at 10:25.
to be fair, only simple x apps will be usable, mainly do to the maemo window manager. xlogo works great. but remember, thus device isn't really multi-window oriented so dialog boxes aren't great!!
Last edited by cpitchford; 2009-12-10 at 10:25.
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2009-12-10
, 10:25
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@ Barcelona, Spain
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awesome, thanks ! and nice tip 
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2009-12-10
, 10:31
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@ Bristol, UK
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Originally Posted by cpitchford
I also had problems (I think) with menus - the first time I played around with gvim over X I managed to get the device into a state where the touchscreen wouldn't respond to touch. Took a restart to restore it.
to be fair, only simple x apps will be usable, mainly do to the maemo window manager. xlogo works great. but remember, thus device isn't really multi-window oriented so dialog boxes aren't great!!
That said, I hadn't expected to be able to do it at all. Very nice.
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2009-12-10
, 10:38
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#5
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Anyone tried Dwarf Fortress?
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2009-12-10
, 10:43
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@ Fremantle, W. Australia
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Originally Posted by skzo
What an odd question. What made you think it might not work? I don't have mine yet, but it runs X, so I'd be seriously shocked if ssh was broken in that way.
Will it possibly work ?
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2009-12-10
, 10:47
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@ Barcelona, Spain
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lack of knowledge ? 
I haven't messed with maemo...yet. It could be tons of reasons...
While searching the foruns i haven't seen anyone mention that, and it seems like an awesome feature for a mobile, to me.
I haven't messed with maemo...yet. It could be tons of reasons...
While searching the foruns i haven't seen anyone mention that, and it seems like an awesome feature for a mobile, to me.
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2009-12-10
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@ Bristol, UK
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Originally Posted by myk
Maybe not a full-featured ssh capable of X forwarding? Maybe N900 uses a frame buffer without X at all like many embedded devices?
What an odd question. What made you think it might not work?
Reasonable question I thought.
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2009-12-10
, 11:32
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@ Copenhagen
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This is great! Just for fun I tried running emacs-snapshot-gtk, Open Office Writer, a python based concordance tool, and some other programs by ssh-ing into my ubuntu laptop (with the -X option). Everything was actually useable
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2009-12-10
, 11:35
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@ West Lafayette, IN
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I've been trying to do this the other way around... ssh -X from my PC into the N900. Sadly the N900 doesn't have xauth installed and I'm trying to figure out how to go about remedying this situation.
Has anyone tried ssh -X from the device to a linux box with X ?
Will it possibly work ? I'm not even sure maemo uses X, anyone with insight ?
(I just made my N900 reservation yesterday, it will arrive next week \o/ )