[PLUG] screen-detaching a gui app

[MaD dUCK <madduck@madduck.net>]

hey,
as far as i understand, the screen program allows you to do something
like start a process through an ssh session, log off, and reattach to
that process some time later. this is perfect for mobile users in that
they can keep a compile job running on some machine, log off, move to
another ip subnet, and then reattach from there.

does this work with ssh x-forwarding too? i.e. i would like to start a
gui app through ssh, kick it off to do its work, and then return to it
later by reattaching to it. i couldn't get that to work since ssh
won't log me off when there are still x-sessions open...

any ideas?

martin

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