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(New page: Elliott loves the idea of teasing someone by running an instance of xeyes on their computer without their consent. I keep forgetting how to do this, so I'm writing down the steps so that ...)
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Revision as of 22:26, 22 September 2008

Elliott loves the idea of teasing someone by running an instance of xeyes on their computer without their consent. I keep forgetting how to do this, so I'm writing down the steps so that I can come up with the steps in the heat of the moment.

  • log into mom's computer via the server
  • export DISPLAY=:0
  • xhost +
  • xeyes &
  • repeat the last step ad nauseum