From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 16 19:12:43 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9556B16A400 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:12:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gandalf@designaproduct.biz) Received: from designaproduct.biz (135-shost.hostoffice.hu [195.228.74.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58B3113C45B for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:12:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gandalf@designaproduct.biz) Received: from [172.16.0.43] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by designaproduct.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5DCE1DD422 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:06:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <45FAEC25.2070102@designaproduct.biz> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:12:37 +0100 From: Laszlo Nagy User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Xvfb + VNC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:12:43 -0000 Hello, I could install gdm with Xorg and vnc.so module loaded. This is fine, now I can access that X server with vnc. The problem is that the Xorg server needs a video card. So if somebody connects a montior to that server while I'm working from home then he/she will see what I'm doing. (I cannot restrict physical access to that computer, but I do not want others to see my desktop...) My idea is to create a virtual framebuffer server with Xvfb, and load vnc.so module there. Since vnc.so can be password protected, in theory, nobody will have access to that X session, except me. But I cannot do this. Xvfb(1) tells me that it has the same options that Xserver(1) has. The Xserver(1) does not tell me anything about loadable modules, but X is a symlink to Xorg. Well, Xorg has a -config option but Xvfb does not. :-( Does it mean that I cannot load "vnc.so" into the virtual framebuffer server? Is there a better solution? In my dreams: 1. I would run a virtual X server, that is not visible directly (not requiring any video card) 2. I would access this X server with some program remotely (preferrably VNC) 3. This remote access needs to be secure to some extent 4. This remote access should be fast enough to use through a DSL connection Can my dreams come true? Thanks, Laszlo