using VNC to *control* a remote session

[Les Mikesell]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>> 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.
> 
> sorry, but by "X module," do you mean the aforementioned x0vncserver?

x0vncseerver is an old and obsolete way of doing the same thing:

http://www.realvnc.com/products/enterprise/4.2/x0.html

I haven't set this up since FC6, but I'd expect the vnc.so module to 
still be included in any current xorg distribution.

>> 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.
> 
> i realize there are options outside of VNC, i just wanted to keep that
> wiki page VNC-specific.  admittedly, though, i've never used freenx.
> now you've piqued my interest ...

The kde (gnome?) options are vnc as well, just from the desktop side of 
the X frame instead of the X side.  With the vnc.so module it will work 
with any window manager.

And freenx is well worth the trouble to set up if you do much remote work.

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   Les Mikesell
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