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Jay Chandler wrote:
> On a Windows box, I can run mstsc /console to access the same desktop
> that the user sitting at the keyboard sees.
>
> Is there a good way to do this with X11 / GNOME?  I'd love to be able to
> access my FreeBSD workstation's display remotely, perhaps over VNC, but
> everything I've considered seems to spawn a new login session...

Have a look at Gnome's vino:
http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/29/remote-desktop-administration-using-vino
http://www.freshports.org/net/vino/

It uses VNC but it should also allow you to remotely view an already
logged in user's desktop.

Cheers,

Remko C.