X11 forwarding window recovery

wags2272 · 01-21-2016, 03:05 PM

I do a lot of X11 forwarding using ssh -Y. My question is this: Is it possible to recover a GUI window that is being forwarded via ssh -Y if something happens to the host system. For example: Using cygwin to ssh into my linux server and start an application that brings up a multi-windowed gui. The Windows box I'm using reboots, can I recover my gui windows without having to restart my application?

Wags

ericson007 · 01-21-2016, 04:20 PM

Yeah, I use ssh often and to recall the terminal I use a programme called screen.

I am not sure it can handle X because I never tried it, but if you run it before starting up your X window, I believe it should work snce it is a terminal session tobegin with.

TobiSGD · 01-21-2016, 05:30 PM

No, terminating the window on the client system will also terminate the program on the server. If you want this functionality you should use VNC or RDP instead.