Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:04:15 -0500 From: Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: purple@lewiz.info Subject: Re: X screen. Message-ID: <20030719210415.7ab5e68e.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <20030719202926.GA2579@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20030719190414.GA87793@lewiz.org> <20030719202926.GA2579@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:29:26 +0100 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 08:04:14PM +0100, lewiz wrote: > > > Just a quick question: is it possible to ``screen'' an X application > > the same way I can a console application? I have heard people using VNC > > for something similar (I think). Any suggestions? This would also be > > really great if I could then ``resume'' it on a different X box too ;) > > If you install VNC and run a vnc-server session containing your X > application, you can connect to it via vnc-client, disconnect, > reconnect, even connect from a different machine. The main VNC port > is in net/vnc (http://www.realvnc.com/), but there are any number of > other VNC related programs in ports. I recently looked into this and came upon: http://xf4vnc.sourceforge.net/ Have not tried xf4vnc out yet, but will this week. The latest beta version (4.3.0.100) seems the most promising. This attaches VNC to your "0" display through an XFree module so behavior is similar to the way VNC works on a windows system. Many potential uses, including remote support for Mum on her FreeBSD/Gnome2 desktop :-) Anyone else out there using the beta and have any comments? Regards, Stephen Hilton nospam@hiltonbsd.com
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