From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 13 05:42:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A61F616A585 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:42:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from LukeD@pobox.com) Received: from proof.pobox.com (proof.pobox.com [207.106.133.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0B2543D53 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:42:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from LukeD@pobox.com) Received: from proof (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by proof.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29AB924E13; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:42:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from border.crystalsphere.multiverse (pool-71-112-204-105.sttlwa.dsl-w.verizon.net [71.112.204.105]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by proof.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CDE190D14; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:42:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:41:59 -0800 (PST) From: Luke Dean X-X-Sender: lukas@border.crystalsphere.multiverse To: Eric Schuele In-Reply-To: <4557EF0F.5070108@computer.org> Message-ID: <20061112213759.S40519@border.crystalsphere.multiverse> References: <20061112161718.Q39542@border.crystalsphere.multiverse> <4557EF0F.5070108@computer.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: detach/reattach remote GUI applications? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Luke Dean List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:42:10 -0000 On Sun, 12 Nov 2006, Eric Schuele wrote: > On 11/12/06 18:37, Luke Dean wrote: >> >> I run a headless server and I've become fond of using the "screen" utility >> with SSH to allow me to launch a text-based application, detach from it, >> and then reattach to it later to see how it's going. >> >> I'm wondering if there's a tool I can use that would allow me to do that >> with GUI applications. > > Could this be of use? > http://www.tightvnc.com/ Yes! That's exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for. I used VNC with Windows years ago and it never occurred to me that it might be available on other platforms. Thanks for putting me on the right track. Luke