vnc or anything better
 

installed vnc4server, connected to vnc4server using vncviewer, it just gives me terminal in window and i can run any application fine, but thats not what i wanted.
(The vncserver is displaying a desktop, i know that for sure) but how do I "spy" on that machines desktop? am i using wrong software for what i want?

"Spy"? The makers of keithieopia do not promote any illegal activity...


It should be showing you a desktop, so it's probably a configuration issue. There's a pretty good guide on how to set it up here, it's for ubuntu, but should be the same or very similar for other distributions.

nay
 

I dont think its possible with this software unless I cant duplicate the xorg display session to my go to my vncviewer.
I tried to "startxfce4" and it gave "server is already active for display :1.0", but it started a new blank desktop, i wanted to view the already active one.
I just need the syntax of DISPLAY=???

As I said look at the guide. It's defiantly possible to display your current X session... in fact that's the whole point to VNC (otherwise use SSH).

If all else fails vino & tightvncserver are all great VNC servers that I know work (because I use them!). Hope that helps.

xdamage
 

When I try to connect all i get is a black screen. The output of the server says xdamage is not working well... misses 32/203 try -noxdamage.
I tried that and same...black screen.

nm
 

I got it working, i just had to uncomment some rediculous line in xstartup config.

wasdm
 

Man now its broke...I remotely started comp, then started xorg via ssh but when I vncview the remote computer the xfce desktop acts like a picture(its frozen).