I use X11 forwarding over SSH a lot on campus, but I'd like to be able to use it without actually starting the X client from SSH. Such as, I have a program running on my dorm machine, displaying on it's X server, is there a way I can SSH into it and have it reconnect the client to the remote X server? Or do I have to exit the client and restart it with DISPLAY set for the forwarding (which I do regularly already)?
I know there are some other programs to allow this, but I'd like to do it with just X and SSH if possible...
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> I know there are some other programs to allow this, but I'd
> like to do it with just X and SSH if possible...
Sounds like what your needing is called 'screen'. It's console based so I'm not sure if it will work for X11. But give it a lookup and see if that will work for you.
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edit: Maybe not. Still an interesting read, though.
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Yep, that document was helpful when I was learning X11 forwarding over SSH. Not so much anymore.
What I seem to be gathering is that it's not possible, so you have to have something *like* an X server that the client connects to, then that variously connects to real servers.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by hcs on 04/03/06 08:22 PM.</FONT></P>
> What I seem to be gathering is that it's not possible, so
> you have to have something *like* an X server that the
> client connects to, then that variously connects to real
> servers.
So is a VNC server/client setup out of the question?
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> So is a VNC server/client setup out of the question?
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I was thinking about suggesting that...I'm able to run X apps via vncviewer...fucking simple too!
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> So is a VNC server/client setup out of the question?
Does that do essentially what I said, stand as a go-between for the clients and the actual server? If that's the only way then I guess I'll look into it...
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So I set up VNC, seems to work nicely except there's a root window... I'd rather run it rootless. Is there a way to achieve this?
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still wondering about that, but not worrying much anymore since I have discovered http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/x0.htmlthe source of all awesome</a>.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by hcs on 04/06/06 08:55 AM.</FONT></P>
> still wondering about that, but not worrying much anymore
> since I have discovered the source of all awesome.
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he's right. it is pretty awesome, thanks for pointing to that
does anyone know if its possible to have vnc work like remote desktop in the sense that what i do doesnt show up at my terminal? nothing major, but it would be nice
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> does anyone know if its possible to have vnc work like
> remote desktop in the sense that what i do doesnt show up at
> my terminal? nothing major, but it would be nice
Ordinarily it runs like that, just run vncserver and it starts up it's own desktop, typically on :1
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> Ordinarily it runs like that, just run vncserver and it
> starts up it's own desktop, typically on :1
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i know how to do that when i already have an active session at my desktop, but it dies when i log out... how would you run vncserver at startup so it has its own port?
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I seem to remember reading something about starting it with xinetd... but I don't think that's what you want.
When I installed vncserver on FC4 it set up an init script (/etc/init.d/vncserver), which was disabled by default. The /etc/sysconfig/vncservers contains the configuration for each server you want to run on startup. I just tried it out and it seems to work, runs as whatever user you specify.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by hcs on 04/08/06 01:23 PM.</FONT></P>
