[qubes-users] startx over ssh leads to many new Qubes windows

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Hello! I am trying to start X on a different machine (FreeBSD if it matters) over SSH in a Qube VM (nothing fancy, just a Qube based on Fedora 32).

This works, but every window I open ends up being a new window in Qubes. It’s worse than that because UI components also end up as new windows in Qubes. For example, the Xfce panel ends up as a new window too.

What I’d like to happen is for everything to open in a single window, so there’s just a single Qube window and anything that happens in that environment stays in that window. Is that doable?

Sorry I couldn’t find anything in the documentation for this.

Here’s exactly what I do:

$ ssh -X me@host.

$ /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 --with-ck-launch

And then chaos ensues.

Appreciate any help here, thanks!

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Here's exactly what I do:
$ ssh -X me@host.

The `-X` here forwards all X11 windows on the remote host back to your
local machine. Is this your goal?

$ /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 --with-ck-launch

This will start a bunch of X11 windows, which are then forwarded back to
you.

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It's doing exactly what you are asking to do. The client is forwarding
everything to the Xserver you are sitting at.

What you *want* to do is to see the remote desktop in a window on the
Qubes desktop.
For that you should use a remote desktop tool like vnc, and tunnel it
over ssh. (Search for vnc over ssh and you will find many online
guides.)