VNC, or something similar, for remote desktop access of a remote desktop that's already running
Tim Waugh
twaugh at redhat.com
Mon Mar 6 18:40:21 UTC 2006
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 11:09:03AM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> 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.
Well, you can. Log in using SSH, then run:
export XAUTHORITY=~/.Xauthority
export DISPLAY=:0
x0vncserver
Then connect to that VNC server.
In future, might want to set up vino:
Desktop -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop
Click on 'Allow other users to view your desktop
Tim.
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