Is it Possible to Use a Laptop as input/output device with X11 Server?

I have a dedicated server for which I have no monitor/mouse/keyboard, but I can connect my laptop to it with an Ethernet cable. Would it be possible to somehow use the laptop as if it was the screen/input of the server by connecting them over LAN?
Last edited by error17 (2010-04-02 23:15:49)

Yeah, I should definitely look into X forwarding.
tomk wrote:You didn't say if the server is running X or not (servers don't need X, btw). If it's not, plain and simple ssh is the way to go.
heh, alright. Since SSH is what I used to control servers very far away, I figured there would be a more elegant way to do this when the machine is just 4 meters away with LAN connectivity. I also find it convenient to have a GUI when doing anything major on the server.
As I do not want X11 running all the time, I'm guessing that I would first need to have plain-SSH that I could use for minor stuff.
If I then want to do anything major, I'd use the SSH to start the X11 server and then connect a second time but with X11-SSH.
Last edited by error17 (2010-04-03 00:15:30)

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