To start firefox remotely on linux machines by forwarding "X" through ssh.
try running firefox as
we can also use xvfb [ X virtual framebuffer that performs all graphical operations in memory, not showing any screen output to start X applications in background. This will be extremely useful in case of running selenium tests on a headless server.
To install xvfb::
yum install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb.x86_64
Xvfb can be started as:
Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1024x768x24 &
References:
1) http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/2794/starting-firefox-on-a-remote-host-over-ssh-opens-a-new-window-locally-what-is
2) http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/11/15/remote-firefox-over-xssh/
try running firefox as
firefox -no-remote (setting MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 as environment variable should work as well)we can also use xvfb [ X virtual framebuffer that performs all graphical operations in memory, not showing any screen output to start X applications in background. This will be extremely useful in case of running selenium tests on a headless server.
To install xvfb::
yum install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb.x86_64
Xvfb can be started as:
Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1024x768x24 &
References:
1) http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/2794/starting-firefox-on-a-remote-host-over-ssh-opens-a-new-window-locally-what-is
2) http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/11/15/remote-firefox-over-xssh/
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