Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:05:35 -0600 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Luke Dean <LukeD@pobox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: detach/reattach remote GUI applications? Message-ID: <4557EF0F.5070108@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <20061112161718.Q39542@border.crystalsphere.multiverse> References: <20061112161718.Q39542@border.crystalsphere.multiverse>
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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/ > I know that I can tunnel X over SSH to have my > remote headless server do the processing and my local machine do the > display, but sometimes I have to switch off my local machine. This > kills the display and thus kills the application. I might be able to > figure out a way to set up a logical display on the remote machine, but > then I wouldn't know how to "see" it. I'd have to tell the client > application to switch Displays midstream wouldn't I? Can that be done? > > Windows Terminal Services (RDP) gives the capability I'm looking for by > "disconnecting" and "reconnecting" a session. Surely there's some way > to get this capability with X, and I just don't know how. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric
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