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Wow! I wasn't really following this thread but thought I'd take a quick look at this message, and WoW! Will be trying this shortly... Jon On 02/04/07, Simon Williams <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Robin Cornelius wrote: > > On 4/2/07, Ben Goodger <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 4/2/07, Robin Cornelius <robin.cornelius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> I want a remote desktop of my system, but i want my *actual* desktop > >>> as is logged in now on my home system, i don't want another x-session > >>> via NX, VNC etc (this works very well but not for what i need this > >>> time). > >> In GNOME: Desktop > Preferences > Remote Desktop: <fill out form> then use > >> "vncviewer <ip address> on another system" > > Ooo. This is one of those things I've been meaning to do for ages but > haven't got round to. I didn't realise it would be quite that easy. > > > Sounds promising, anyone know if i can do this through a ssh session? > > I have ssh access back to my system but cant get access to the actual > > desktop to to the above through a gui. > > You could run the vncviewer on the remote system with the shared desktop > using X forwarding, but I think the whole point of vnc was that it was > faster than X forwarding, though I could be wrong. If there is a better > way I would like to hear about it, though thinking about it if you want > it to go over ssh I guess the only way would be to either use X > forwarding or forward the right port (whatever it might be). > > Simon > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html