From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLMIi-000375-Gw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:09:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D616AE0352; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:09:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.235]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FCD4E0352 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:09:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i28so640014wxd.10 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:09:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=pymmWmMMx1l80gxOj56RjesRiWDP2Ck3AxTPspjauwU=; b=PKPfsFaQLrT42MqACleVx/LzjwcsCfJbuAkX/YMASvqlN6ghiUDBy7s84CWGeo853g /t0shKsyNCw2FqzxvMWJ2tS9GZcY51uhokCkZd/1FDDdNWbTXbQLkmSo+S4sh0bqtxgZ QiZ5Ytn4XF784CpvP0CVBdInIvWrnH7PENnXI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=oVxgfGt9+2/kQydA8+dhChmdWuvevfLzOq2HgrpIG4OGa3il4q32+r3/bFwb3Hf07i oawQJk+z0cNmHAH30HtXS80PTEMrUe/wyQTdQAskrFBbv6GbxyWM948dLAY1JqLPqeqj +OKjKGFspWYmdcMqGLR3RMADGVCpqtU4enY/c= Received: by 10.70.71.9 with SMTP id t9mr4851199wxa.72.1216750166111; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:09:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?68.245.165.27? ( [68.245.165.27]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i39sm11974769wxd.30.2008.07.22.11.09.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:09:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4885EA09.5040907@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:09:13 -0400 From: Eric Martin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080515) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is the gimmick to run tightvnc from windows to gentoo References: <87bq0xux1q.fsf@newsguy.com> <20080717220400.edec3e28.david@blamire-brown.co.uk> <87vdz2j932.fsf@newsguy.com> <48841B58.4090907@usa.net> <87iquyj6ym.fsf@newsguy.com> In-Reply-To: <87iquyj6ym.fsf@newsguy.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6da78f09-ffbb-4bab-92bd-94020ef8e279 X-Archives-Hash: 6031851f2e00609a79cf34b7ae427806 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Harry Putnam wrote: > Josh Cepek writes: > >> Harry Putnam wrote: >>> David Blamire-Brown writes: >>> >>>> I did this a while back and I got it working by tunnelling via SSH >>>> (using putty on windows). But I can't remember the exact details >>>> off the top of my head. It may be worth googling that set-up. I seem >>>> to remember thinking it felt like a kludge and I can't quite >>>> remember why I ended up doing it, but I do remember that it worked. >>> Well at least that sounds promising. I did see mention of that in >>> some of my google searches but I wondered, If I had to use ssh, why >>> wouldn't I just pull the X session on linux across with ssh alone. >>> And forget about VNC. >> Session persistence. [1] With VNC I can create a full desktop session >> (I use Fluxbox because it's lightweight) and connect to it as needed >> from any system with network access. This is great for my IM app. I >> lock my firewall rules down to allow VNC only from localhost and ssh >> tunnel all my connections (even on the LAN) because VNC's auth scheme >> is dreadfully insecure. > > [...] > > > I had expected to be able to connect to the running X desktop but > apparently that isn't going to happen. In other words I cannot view > the running desktop from a remote machine but am forced to view a new > or different desktop where none of the things I have running on :0 are > available. I'm pretty sure x11vnc will do that. I do know there's a vnc server that will let you grab your current xsession and I think that's the one. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong. HTH - -- Eric Martin Key fingerprint = D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiF6gkACgkQdheOldgSlQj16ACgmRTVt7cN94VyUje1DHOfEYCm L68AoMHMGLjy2LaWp2O7I8CjVykqu69e =WtZp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----