On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Nathanael D. Noblet <nathanael@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Its worked super well for me (though less well with GNOME3's effects > etc)... Can you point me to what you mean by the usual info into > xorg.conf? to be clear, I don't want to run *my* session over VNC. I > want to be able to connect to a remote users *current* session to see > and control their computer (while they see what I'm doing)... Does your > message still apply? I do this all the time to see a remote user's current session - I make sure that in the remote machine in xorg.conf there two sections at least above whatever else you need, containing: Section "Module" Load "vnc" EndSection and secondly Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Option "passwordFile" "/path/to/vnc/passwd" EndSubSection EndSection The only line of relevance in the second "Screen" section is the passwordFile option line which needs to be in that section. Make sure that tigervnc-server is installed on that machine - then you can connect to the remote server using the tigervnc client and see the remote current session, including the login manager before the remote user logs in - and you can control the remote desktop in the way you describe for demonstration to the remote user and to check they are doing things correctly. You can also log the remote user in after a reboot for example - this is a really excellent way to manage Aunt Tilly's machine at the South Pole if Aunt Tilly (of either sex) is not an expert in using a computer, and you are networked at the North Pole. I hope that helps. -- mike c -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel