Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can I run a complete desktop remotely?

[Peter Davoust]

Ok, well what I would do, don't know if this is what you're looking
for, I would edit /home/user/.autostart (.xinitrc?), or what have you,
and just add the command to start vnc. That way it would always be
running and no one would have to start anything. I'm not sure which
file it is, I don't know if .xinitrc is run by X server or if you can
throw some commands in there as well. Someone else can probably tell
you what it is better than I can.

-Peter

On 5/27/07, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 5/26/07, Olivier Crête <tester@g.o> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > You have two choice, you can use Xvnc (its a pure-vnc X server). Or you
> > can use something like Xdmcp.
> >
> > On Sat, 2007-26-05 at 12:07 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >    Is it possible to run a complete Gnome desktop from a remote
> > > location through ssh? I'm not talking about using vnc to watch a
> > > remote desktop but actually run one remotely and only have it
> > > displayed here.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark
> > --
>
> Olivier and all others who responded:
>
> Thanks for the info. As always I appreciate it. I have looked at the
> links everyone provided but I think they are way over my head. I'm
> looking for an end-user sort of solution here. Thanks in advance for
> helping me.
>
> The issue here, for me, is not running X apps on the remote machine. I
> do that already. My dad, who is now 78 and happily running Gentoo
> Linux for over 4 years now, gets by when he has an application problem
> by asking me to log in and fix things with the app. For instance, when
> I update Evolution or when he changed ISPs recently I often need to go
> fix individual configuration items. I do that just running the app
> over an SSH tunnel with X forwarding turned on. No problems other than
> the speed.
>
> The case I'm looking at now is that either he or my mom will tell me
> something about what they are seeing their desktop, like a Gnome
> launcher or some other thing, which isn't working correctly. I want to
> see what they are seeing. Keep in mind I don't know which account this
> is until they send me an email.
>
> I understand I could do this with VNC. I've done that in the past with
> my dad sitting at the machine. Unfortunately neither of them seems
> comfortable starting applications like VNC and often I'm working on
> this machine when they are not around or have gone to bed. What I want
> to do is actually log in as one of them, start a Gnome session and see
> their desktop as they would see it but displayed here 350 miles away
> in a window on my machine.
>
> I'm not *overly* worried about display speed. I understand it will be
> slow. (Very slow...) I've dealt with that for years now. However I've
> never been able to fix desktop launchers or configure the Gnome panel
> for them without them running VNC which just doesn't work.
>
> What I'm hoping to find is a simple, end user type description of how
> to set up to run a remote session like this. I don't currently
> understand all the technical aspect of these different technologies,
> like XDMCP, etc., but I figure I'll learn as I go along. (As I always
> have...) It didn't seem to me that any of the links so far addressed
> this, or at least at a level that someone like me would understand.
> However maybe I'm just not understanding the technologies well enough
> yet to see the answer staring me in the face.
>
> Anyway, the simpler the better for me.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
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