From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 13 14:50:25 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 B1A6716A403 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:50:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from rwcrmhc15.comcast.net (rwcrmhc15.comcast.net [216.148.227.155]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EB4D43DFB for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:47:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [208.206.151.59] (host59.gtisd.com?[208.206.151.59]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc15) with ESMTP id <20061113144652m1500a4kt1e>; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:46:56 +0000 Message-ID: <45588556.3090902@computer.org> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:46:46 -0600 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061111) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrett Cooper References: <20061112161718.Q39542@border.crystalsphere.multiverse> <4557EF0F.5070108@computer.org> <20061112213759.S40519@border.crystalsphere.multiverse> <45583DF4.2010803@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <45583DF4.2010803@u.washington.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:50:25 -0000 On 11/13/06 03:42, Garrett Cooper wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Luke Dean wrote: >> >> 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 > > There is also a VNC server solution that ties into running X displays > (called x11vnc under Gentoo Linux; not sure if it exists in the ports > tree though), and an X11 solution that has been customized for high > transfer rates referred to as either nx or nomachinex. I found standard > VNC to be annoying since it requires a running X server instance, which > is a waste depending on what I have running, and both solutions I > mentioned earlier run well for many people (tried x11vnc but not > nomachinex). > - -Garrett > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFWD306CkrZkzMC68RAkUGAJ42lX30GEkymcGnTvr8c7f4n/epFgCeIWah > uoDtlen53GF2t6N/VZ3e4uk= > =HhzP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Search ports for vnc... there are a couple in there. x11vnc is one. I thought there were more than I saw this morning. I know there are a handful of projects out there. But maybe only a few ported to FreeBSD. -- Regards, Eric