VNC, or something similar, for remote desktop access of a remote desktop that's already running

[Les Mikesell]

On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 06:32, Tim wrote:

> I've left some GUI applications running on a remote PC and want to keep
> tabs on what they're up to at the moment (i.e. no restarting them or X
> to configure a remote desktop view).  Can I do this?
> 
> Looking at VNC it normally starts up a new X session, this is no good.
> Looking further into it I could put options into the X server so I could
> remote the :0 screen.  But this does me no good, I'd have to stop the
> application I've got running for a reconfiguration.

I don't think there is any way short of a hardware network KVM to
get a remote screen if you didn't set up the vnc module and password
before starting the X session you want to grab.

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  Les Mikesell
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