using VNC to *control* a remote session

[Les Mikesell]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   i just now noticed, in the files that come with the vnc-server
> package, the "x0vncserver" program.  "man x0vncserver":
> 
> "x0vncserver is a VNC server which continuously polls any X display,
> allowing it to be controlled via VNC..."
> 
>   ok, so does that give one the ability to control a remote session,
> the way paul johnson was waxing nostalgic about earlier?  i must
> investigate further ...
> 

There are any number of ways to 'control a remote session'.  If you mean 
specifically while it is also displayed on the main console, then the X 
module is one way to do it. I think KDE and Gnome have desktop sharing 
options too.  I usually run the desktop I want to share under freenx and 
always access it remotely since the performance is better than vnc - but 
vnc is good enough it you just want to check some long-running program 
occasionally.

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   Les Mikesell
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