[geeks] Remote GNOME via Cygwin/X

[Mark Benson]

Is it possible to start a full-blown GNOME X desktop on a remote PC over 
SSH? I have a remote machine running OSol 2008.11 and want to work 
graphically via Cygwin/X at least to start with.

I can start individual apps via an xterm to the remote machine using the 
usual methond:

ssh -Y -l <user> <host_ip>

Then running the app from the remote command line.

Can I start something to log into a GNOME session from the same command 
line? I have been trawling results on Google for an hour and they all 
describe something sort of like what I want to do but not, I can't find 
the bit of info I need (how many times do you find that with OSS Stuff??)!

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