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RDP Server/Client for X11?

  • 16-11-2005 8:57am
    #1
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,
    Probably an easy one here. One of the girls in work is setting up a linux (Debian) machine for general tinkering with here in work.

    What I want to do is use Remote Desktop (or another RDP client), or otherwise start an X Session on the machine. I've googled, but really only found recommendations to use VNC - which isn't ideal as there are a few of us who'll use the machine at the same time.

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    voxpop
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    if you use cygwin on the windows machine you can have remote X


  • #3
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,830 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    seamus wrote:
    What I want to do is use Remote Desktop (or another RDP client), or otherwise start an X Session on the machine. I've googled, but really only found recommendations to use VNC - which isn't ideal as there are a few of us who'll use the machine at the same time.
    Seamus, VNC works somewhat differently on Linux to how it operates on Windows. Windows machines only have one graphical display, so multiple VNC connections have to share that display. A VNC server on Linux creates its own desktop, so multiple connections can each have their own, as long as they connect to separate VNC server instances.

    It's also possible to work in the same way as with Windows, by running a program called x11vnc - this allows the standard X11 desktop to be controlled by any VNC viewer.


  • #4
    seamus
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    Ah, ok. That sounds cool. I'm going to download cygwin and see if I can run remote X anyway. Never hurts to try out all possibilities. Cheers for the help guys.


  • #5
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Another option is FreeNX. It's much better than VNC over DSL / Dialup, but VNC's the way to go for multiple users over a lan, no doubt about it.


  • #6
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    It ends up that you just log in to the linux machine, and type something like

    $ vncserver &

    and hit enter. you'll get your full graphical desktop available once you connect using your windows VNC client. the blurb from the command should tell you what port it'll be listening on.

    anyway someone of your expertise shouldn't need a GUI! :D


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