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Re: [PLUG] VNC/remote desktop and *shared* desktops
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On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 06:09:48AM -0500, sean finney wrote:
> hi guys,
>
> i have a SLES 9 server that i'd like to set up to share a local
> desktop session over VNC. previously i was using the "Remote
> Administration" option from within yast, which basically fires
> off a new xserver managed by vnc. however, what i really want
> is to have local == remote, like one typically sees when vnc is
> installed on windows boxen.
The x0rfbserver program will do this for you: it shares the
current (local) session over vnc. I have used it to share my linux
session to an xp box running RealVNC. Under Debian, I believe it
is installed through the inexactly named rfb package. I'm not sure
where you could find rpm's, and what I found listed as the homepage
(http://www.hexonet.de/software/x0rfbserver/) is in German. Neither that
version nor the English version appears to have info about the x0rfbserver -
though I don't speak German.
I think it would do exactly what you want, but you may have trouble finding
it, unfortunately.
> the best solution i could find was to use krfb (kde's remote desktop
> utility), which theoretically should be perfect for my needs. however,
> what i'm guessing is a bug in the installed version of kde (a dusty old
> 3.2.1) causes the kded daemon launching krfb to crash after the first
> connection, preventing further such access. i have a workaround in place
> (which continuously respawns kded when necessary, yuk!), but i can't
> help but think that there just has to be a Better Way To Do This(TM).
>
> My thought is that it's perhaps possible to have the local desktop
> start as a child process of something like Xvnc, and not use
> kde's utility at all. however this also isn't as straightforward
> because the user needs to be able to be automatically logged in
> locally (but hopefully require a password remotely).
>
> does anyone have a suggestion that does not require upgrading SLES or
> mishmashing rpms? i'd be grateful to hear it if so :)
--
Jeremy John Wakeman
jeremywakeman@gmail.com
www.polarhome.com/~cael
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