SSH to antiX Core in TUI mode

[Member seaken64]

I have installed a text only version of antiX-17.4.1 Core and have been learning a lot about what the console has to offer. I have setup the mouse and I have been able to use the framebuffer for graphics viewing using programs like fbi and links2.

Today I learned how to use SSH to login remotely. And I have used screen and tmux to share the terminal between two computers. But I have noticed that I cannot use tmux or the SSH session to see any graphics. I can sit in front of the computer and see graphics when using programs like fbi and links2. But If I try to use an SSH session from another computer on my LAN I cannot use these programs to view any graphics.

Is it even possible to transfer graphics images through the SSH session when only in the console? I know I can transfer X but I do not have X installed on this system. I use text mode only and the framebuffer video shows graphics. Are there some settings that allow use of the framebuffer graphics through the SSH session?

Thanks for any advice you can offer,

Seaken64

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Is it even possible to transfer graphics images through the SSH session when only in the console?

Yes, it’s possible ~~ various solutions exist.
Suggested websearch queries: “linux ssh tunneling”, “linux ssh tunnel Xvfb”, x11vnc, TightVNC, TigerVNC…

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Thanks skidoo. I’ll check all of those out. But one thing I am trying with this setup to avoid using X. I’ve made some headway and I will keep experimenting.

This is just an experiment. I liked seeing the console tools being offered by antiX. It reminds me of when I used DOS. I resisted Windows for quite awhile. I ran a lot of programs that worked in DOS only. But many of them supported graphics. I am curious as to what I could accomplish in Linux using only the console and no X.

It does seem that Linux does not support graphics on the console as well as DOS did. I guess that makes sense since Unix was largely used for servers and X seems to be the predominant GUI platform for desktop use. Although I have seen other proprietary GUI’s being used. I came late to Unix/Linux so I am catching up on how it all shook out.

Thanks again for the links and keywords.

Seaken64

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BTW, I have successfuly used x11vnc and tightVNC and other tools to remote in to an X session in antiX. After I had been successful logging in to my antiX-17 system running IceWM I thought “hey, I wonder if I can login to my antiX Core system (where I do not have X installed) and sit in my easy chair and play with Core?” That’s how my experiment started.

Seaken64

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re: where I do not have X installed

In case the results of the websearch queries suggested in my earlier post were too broad,
here’s another suggested query: “Xvfb linux remote”
^—> leads to references like this one: (wikipedia.org) Xvfb#Remote_control_over_SSH

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