FreeBSD/XFree questions

[Matt]

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>
>> I was hoping XFree would be useable, so I could run some apps 
>> remotely using Apple’s X11 on OS X. Which leads to question #2… how 
>> does one run an X application remotely like that, and have just the 
>> GUI on the local box? The machines would be on the same subnet 
>> 192.168.1.x, with the FreeBSD box on an Ethernet interface and the 
>> Powermac (1.25 ghz duallie) on 802.11g.
>
>
> If you are not interested in running a full desktop from your server 
> (XDMCP I would guess), I'd suggest you try X over SSH (ssh -X)
> Google around and you will find some useful stuff on this. I can't 
> tell you how well/bad it interacts with OS X though. 

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Exporting X clients from FreeBSD to your Apple's X11 server works great, 
either natively (xhost, $DISPLAY) or over SSH (ssh -X hostname). The 
quartz_wm window manager Apple provides integrates your X clients 
beatifully, using the same window decorations and management as Apple's 
native interface. Very seamless integration.
I suggest trying the ssh -X method first (less work) -- simply ssh from 
your OSX/X11 terminal to your FreeBSD box, using "ssh -x 
username at my.freebsd.com". Once your ssh session is started, simply run 
an X client, like "xterm" to see if the connection works. If it does, 
then any X client (Nautilus, Gnome, KDE, NetBeans, OpenOffice.org, etc) 
will work.

You may have to change your sshd config on the FreeBSD side to all X11 
Forwarding.

Emjoy!
-Matt