Title: Play a game Remotely
Course: TAACCCT - Open Source Server Admin.- CIS 235 > Section: Course Content

Play a game - Remotely via X

Here how to set up a X server (aka "the display portion") on your own computer, and run programs from a remote computer.   If you can't get this to work, don't worry - it's mostly for fun...

Install an X Server package on your home computer

For Windows:

Do one of the following:

Install MobaXterm Home (which doesn't actually need installing)

(This is the recommended way for Windows systems)

http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download.html

or Install vcXsrv

https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/

or Install Xming

https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/

For Mac OS X

Install XQuartz

http://www.xquartz.org/

Connect to campus via the VPN

Connect to the common server using SSH with X forwarding

For Windows:

(Use PuTTY if you are using vcXsrv & Xming)

Start MobaXterm

Click on Session

Click on SSH

Enter the remote host of 172.18.128.15

Leave the rest blank

Press OK

Press cancel if SSH-Browser password comes up

Log in as "user" with the default password (or as the account you created earlier this semester)

For Mac OS X

Start a Terminal window

ssh -Y user@172.18.128.15

You can also use the account you created earlier in the semester

Test by starting xeyes

xeyes &

You should now have two eyes watching your mouse pointer

Find a game on the system

man -k game

Play one

I like mahjongg

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