Will try xrdp and x2x this weekend and check which works better. Thank You. On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:33 AM, pyther <pyther@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:13:35 +0530, "sagar n" <sagar.1986@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> *It is not totally headless, sorry, it doesnot have a keyboard or >> mouse. But it does have a monitor which I use to watch media. So, I >> want to connect via vnc/anything and get to control it. >> >> So display:0 connection is crucial. I looked at nomachine, but I dont >> think it has :0 connection. As of now, I am trying to speed up x11vnc >> by looking at its various options. Since it polls, I am not sure if I >> can achieve any decent speed boost. >> >> Thank you >> Sagar N >> >> On 12/28/08, Sergey Manucharian <sergeym@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:23:46 +0530 >>> "sagar n" <sagar.1986@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> ... >>>> I want to connect to display:0 of a headless box remotely. >>> If it's PHYSICALLY headless, what is the reason to use namely :0 anyway? >>> >>>> In any case, is there an alternative way to connect >>>> to display:0 remotely? >>> Personally I use nomachine [1]. Although this is not the answer to your >>> question (it's not display :0 connection), but works very fast. >>> >>> # pacman -S nxserver >>> # pacman -S nxclient >>> >>> The client is available for different platforms. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Sergey >>> >>> [1] http://www.nomachine.com >>> >>> > > You might want to look at x2x > > Basically you run the following: > > On the Server: xhost +desktop_hostname > On your machine: x2x -to servershostname:0.0 -west > > You just need to change exec /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp to exec /usr/bin/X in > /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc (I did it both for the host and client machines) > > > -- Sagar N. Dont look at my finger, look at the moon.
