Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:42:12 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: detach/reattach remote GUI applications? Message-ID: <45583DF4.2010803@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20061112213759.S40519@border.crystalsphere.multiverse> References: <20061112161718.Q39542@border.crystalsphere.multiverse> <4557EF0F.5070108@computer.org> <20061112213759.S40519@border.crystalsphere.multiverse>
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-----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-----
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