Full Remote Desktop, is it posible ?
Dear All.
I have 2 Linux boxes, A & B. The A box is a powerfull server, but does not have a monitor attached on it. The B computer is an ordinary computer. I want to use A remotelly from B. Is it posible to view the full desktop of A on B ? I mean, I want see KDE's panel and use the menu of A from B. Currently, I can only run remote applications on windows, not a full desktop. Thank you. |
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Try VNC, but be carefull, it's a backdoor program. Anyway the best solution is to connect the monitor to the powerfull system.
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Try VNC.
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>> it's a backdoor program
What backdoor do you mean ? > Anyway the best solution is to connect the monitor to the powerfull system. That is not posible. The B is a laptop, while the A is a desktop box. I bought the B without a monitor since I had limited budget. :D I was doing mathematical simulation in the A computer, and I could do it just fine with ssh from the laptop. However, I want to try something else now :) |
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if your A is connected to the internet and you're using VNC than your A could be in danger since anyone knowing your ip can connect to your A. If you're really good you could set up a firewall and prevent unauthorised access
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You say you're running remote applications, I assume (perhaps wrongly) they are X apps. If that is the case You could try starting a full desktop session 'startkde' of 'gnome-session'.
If this conflicts with the running desktop try a another X session. As root and from a tty run /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 :1 &', then 'export DISPLAY=:1' for that session. This uses a lot of resources, to have two X sessions running, so be warned. |
rjliebenberg, your idea sounds good. My laptop has 256MB memory, maybe its enough.
Currently I just do simple things. * Open X terminal on the laptop * run ssh the_server So I'm not so sure with your suggestion. > You say you're running remote applications, I assume (perhaps wrongly) they are X apps. If that is the case You could try starting a full desktop session 'startkde' of 'gnome-session'. I run KDE on my laptop too, though I can switch to fluxbox if I need spare memory. No GNOME. > If this conflicts with the running desktop try a another X session. As root and from a tty run /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 :1 &', then 'export DISPLAY=:1' for that session. Where should I perform this command. On the B (laptop) or on the A (server) after I ssh-ed from A. Thanks |
Moreover, I could sacrifice of having no local X-session on the laptop, only text console.
Is it posible to have 1 remote X-session from the console ? |
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