Damn my Windows incompetence!

[Darryl Clarke]

On 4/13/05, Vincent Labreche <vincent.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
> I fully realise most Linux users are perfectly ok with using a SSH
> network session to acces their headless server, artisticaly using
> command-line and parsing their way through any obstacle...
> 
> But i stopped using MS-DOS about 10 years ago, and even then, it's not
> quite (lol) the same as a real command-line and thus, I CAN'T work
> without my nifty graphic session.
> 
> What I'm trying to say is; i can take network control of an existing
> logged session with VNC, but if perchance the server is rebooted, i have
> to go and log manually into a graphic session before being able to take
> network control of it again. Is there a way to, i don't know, take
> graphic remote control before logging into a session or at least using
> SSH or something to log myself and then use VNC?
> 

If you run vncserver by it's self, rather than a 'shared desktop mode'
you get the same effect, only it's going to be hidden from the main
console.

If you have other linux machines, you can also setup GDM on the server
to allow remote connections, then use - if you run gdmXnestchooser you
can 'choose' your server, or any other machines that GDM is configured
to allow remote logins. (unfortunately these are not reconnectable
like VNC, when you logout/disconnect your session is closed.)

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~ Darryl  ~ smartssa at gmail.com
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International Clean Your Windows Day - April 22, 2005
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