[Cialug] SSH

[Nathan Stien]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Daniel A. Ramaley
<daniel.ramaley at drake.edu>wrote:

> It is possible to get a Windows-like remote desktop on Linux, but not
> with a default configuration of X. Getting your own desktop that is
> completely separate from the user sitting at the console is rather
> trivial (i use VNC running as a daemon for that function, and then
> connect to it with VNC piped over SSH), but connecting to the same X
> display as the console usually requires running some kind of X wrapper
> on the console. And that usually precludes 3D acceleration or other
> fancy features that the local user might otherwise expect. Note that
> i've not actually tried to do this, so take what i say with a grain of
> salt.


This is correct.  I typically do this with a program called x11vnc, which is
packaged in Debian, Ubuntu, and no doubt others.   x11vnc sets up a VNC
server which connects to an existing X session, so it's more like how VNC
works on windows.  If I move the mouse in the VNC session, someone at the
local screen can see it moving around, etc.
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