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Re: [LUG] Remote desktop

 

Wow! I wasn't really following this thread but thought I'd take a
quick look at this message, and WoW! Will be trying this shortly...

Jon

On 02/04/07, Simon Williams <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Robin Cornelius wrote:
> > On 4/2/07, Ben Goodger <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On 4/2/07, Robin Cornelius <robin.cornelius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> I want a remote desktop of my system, but i want my *actual* desktop
> >>> as is logged in now on my home system, i don't want another x-session
> >>> via NX, VNC etc (this works very well but not  for what i need this
> >>> time).
> >> In GNOME: Desktop > Preferences > Remote Desktop: <fill out form> then use
> >> "vncviewer <ip address> on another system"
>
> Ooo. This is one of those things I've been meaning to do for ages but
> haven't got round to. I didn't realise it would be quite that easy.
>
> > Sounds promising, anyone know if i can do this through a ssh session?
> > I have ssh access back to my system but cant get access to the actual
> > desktop to to the above through a gui.
>
> You could run the vncviewer on the remote system with the shared desktop
>   using X forwarding, but I think the whole point of vnc was that it was
> faster than X forwarding, though I could be wrong. If there is a better
> way I would like to hear about it, though thinking about it if you want
> it to go over ssh I guess the only way would be to either use X
> forwarding or forward the right port (whatever it might be).
>
> Simon
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