On 06/14/2011 01:55 PM, mike cloaked wrote: > 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. It does, and I like it. I will definitely look into that. Anytime I've looked for something like this, it always targeted the use case of using VNC as a 'thin client' type system where you'd get multiple users served over VNC. Thanks, -- Nathanael d. Noblet t 403.875.4613 -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
