Taking Advantage of X Windows on Raspberry Pi

RE: Taking Advantage of X Windows on Raspberry Pi

eric_element14 — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 19:04:30 GMT

You could also run the full desktop. Try ssh to a command line and then startlxde &

RE: Taking Advantage of X Windows on Raspberry Pi

Jan Cumps — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 18:25:23 GMT

I use XWindow in this blog: BeagleBone - Show XWindow Graphic Apps on Windows Desktop .

Hope I don't go to hell [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-e6dea31e-eabf-4813-b605-753b03c68b1b/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]

RE: Taking Advantage of X Windows on Raspberry Pi

phoenixcomm — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 17:09:00 GMT

[mention:51d5bb89e8a04c63af6a84cefbc03bd9:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]

Mike, I hate to be a nitpicker BUT! There is no S in X-Window System(X-11)!

Windows refers to an MS product that I would like to see die!

Basically, (cuss me out if I got it wrong, but I haven't played with this for a LONG time)

X-11 uses the typical server-client model, but it's not what you think it's the other way around. Enter the client-server model.

Why did I say client then server? It is because the server is the Display Server on your computer! This is what does the presentation Layer.

which forms the Root Window (or desktop). Children are placed on top of the Root Window in layers. The layer on top is what you see (opacity).

enough said.

RE: Taking Advantage of X Windows on Raspberry Pi

johngriswold — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 16:57:23 GMT

Well, I appear to be coming to this party late, but I needed just this solution for a development project at work. Slick - thank you!

RE: Taking Advantage of X Windows on Raspberry Pi

Former Member — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 07:43:26 GMT

I'm not endorsing a specific tech, but I have had luck using X11RDP-o-matic on a Raspberry Pi 2. At Work I use the RedHat version X11RDP-RH-matic over RDP.

http://scarygliders.net/x11rdp-o-matic-information/

RE: Taking Advantage of X Windows on Raspberry Pi

johnbeetem — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 05:22:58 GMT

One of the most confusing features of X Windows for newbies is the "client" and "server" terminology, which seems backwards. Normally, you run a client on your local machine and it talks to a server on a remote machine. However, with X Windows the server is the program that displays graphics and accepts user input from keyboard and/or mouse, so it's the one that's running on your local machine. An X Windows client is a program that sends messages to the server, asking it to display graphics and provide user input in the form of event messages. The client may run on the same machine or a remote machine.

If you're using a GNU/Linux or Windows PC to display graphics, that machine is running an X Windows server. It displays graphics for client programs that may be running on the same machine or a remote machine like a RasPi or other SBC.

RE: Taking Advantage of X Windows on Raspberry Pi

clem57 — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 19:26:56 GMT

Good write up [mention:51d5bb89e8a04c63af6a84cefbc03bd9:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]

Sometimes we forget the simple things. I did see this Pi and ssh connection without sacrificing the GUI advantages by [mention:2136c4649d3b47f78653b7e97ac61f69:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]. But your description explains more.

Thanks,

Clem

RE: Taking Advantage of X Windows on Raspberry Pi

mconners — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 18:54:52 GMT

If you want to duplicate this exactly, you can install geany in the typical way

sudo apt-get install geany

Mike