Can ssh be used to display a whole desktop?
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From: Todd on 20 Jun 2010 16:25 Hi All, I love ssh's "-X" option that allows me to remotely run a particular app.. If I wanted to display my entire desktop, in a single window, in the style of VNC, is there a way for ssh to do this? Many thanks, -T
From: J G Miller on 20 Jun 2010 17:08 On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:25:11 -0700, Todd wrote: > If I wanted to display my entire desktop, in a single window, in the > style of VNC, is there a way for ssh to do this? Not in a single window. What you would do is to start up your local X11 server without a window manager by going to failsafe mode. Then in the failsafe X terminal issue an ssh -X command to the remote machine to run the Xsession or Xinitrc file relevant to your remote user, which would then start the window manager and whatever clients are association with the Xsession, Xinitrc, or Xclients files.
From: David W. Hodgins on 20 Jun 2010 17:11 On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:25:11 -0400, Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote: > If I wanted to display my entire desktop, in a single > window, in the style of VNC, is there a way for ssh > to do this? After I use ssh to connect to a remote computer, using the same userid as a logged on user, that has the desktop showing on that computer, I run the following script ... #!/bin/bash killall x11vnc x11vnc -ncache 10 -localhost -display :0 & sleep 6 vncviewer -compresslevel 9 -quality 3 -encodings "copyrect tight zlib hextile" localhost:0 That allows me to see the existing desktop, and use my mouse and keyboard, to provide input to it (the mouse/keyboard on the remote still work too). Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)
From: Todd on 20 Jun 2010 20:55 On 06/20/2010 02:11 PM, David W. Hodgins wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:25:11 -0400, Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote: > >> If I wanted to display my entire desktop, in a single >> window, in the style of VNC, is there a way for ssh >> to do this? > > After I use ssh to connect to a remote computer, using > the same userid as a logged on user, that has the desktop > showing on that computer, I run the following script ... > > #!/bin/bash > killall x11vnc > x11vnc -ncache 10 -localhost -display :0 & > sleep 6 > vncviewer -compresslevel 9 -quality 3 -encodings "copyrect tight zlib > hextile" localhost:0 > > That allows me to see the existing desktop, and use my mouse > and keyboard, to provide input to it (the mouse/keyboard on the > remote still work too). > > Regards, Dave Hodgins > > -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. > (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for > use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.) Thank you! Follow up question. This sounds like I could use it as a substitute for Go To Assist Express (www.gotoassistexpress.com). In other words, I would be seeing what a user is seeing on his screen and we could both manupliate the mouse and keyboard. Am I correct? Also, if I changed the display variable to localhost:1, would I get my own desktop? -T
From: David W. Hodgins on 20 Jun 2010 21:17
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:55:51 -0400, Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote: > Follow up question. This sounds like I could use it > as a substitute for Go To Assist Express (www.gotoassistexpress.com). > In other words, I would be seeing what a user is seeing > on his screen and we could both manupliate the mouse and keyboard. > Am I correct? Yes. The remote desktop is accessible in a scrollable dialog on your desktop. Just be careful to keep your mouse out of that window, when you don't want it to interfere with the person you are assisting. > Also, if I changed the display variable to localhost:1, > would I get my own desktop? The following script will start a new desktop manager, and provide similar access on your desktop ... #!/bin/bash IFS=$'\n' # Seperate command output by newlines only vncout=($(vncserver -depth 24 2>&1 )) vncdisplay="${vncout[0]}" vncdisplay="${vncdisplay##*:}" # strip string ":" and everything before it echo "vncdisplay=$vncdisplay" sleep 2 vncviewer -bgr233 -nocursorshape -compresslevel 9 -quality 3 -encodings "copyrect tight zlib hextile" :$vncdisplay vncserver -kill :$vncdisplay -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.) |