On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 02:38:53PM -0200, Beco wrote: > On 20 November 2013 12:57, Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> wrote: > > > > >> [Fox] -> ssh -> [Lizard] -> xboard-protocol -> [Flik] <- > >> xboard-protocol <- [netizens] > > > > One possibility might be to use "screen" or "tmux" to provide a > > detachable console. I don't know if the exact details of this are > > possible, but it might be possible to do the following: > > > > fox$ ssh lizard > > lizard$ screen # starts a new screen session > > lizard$ xboard-server # Somehow run xboard in a text-only mode > > lizard$ Ctrl+A Ctrl+D # Detach the screen session. xboard continues > > to run in the background > > lizard$ logout > > > I apt-get-installed screen and Ctrl-A-D worked as a charm. I realise I neglected to mention that you should run "screen -r" to reattach to the running screen next time you want to interact with the xboard server. See the man page, though, for good use of the -d and -r switches. > > The real mystery now is how to run xboard! :) > > This line: > > > fox$ xboard # Fox connects to the xboard server in the same way > > that flik does. > > Just to clarify, I think you meant: > > fox$ xboard -ics Flik # Fox connects to Flik server the same way other > players (netizens) do. Probably, I haven't used xboard itself, I figured you'd know how to use it. > > > > In other words, we treat Flik and Fox the same (as clients, talking the > > xboard protocol to lizard, which runs purely as a server). > > > > Flik is the ICS (internet chess server, or xboard server), not a client. Ah, OK. So Flik rather than Lizard is the server. I think I misunderstood there. In that case you want to make Lizard the client. Hmm. I don't know of a program like screen that works for X connections (i.e. allows you to detach and reattach them). There are, however, programs that will run the client on a virtual display and you can then view that display on Fox. For that, look at a VNC or RDP server. Here, the basic workflow would be similar to screen; you start a VNC or RDP server on lizard, you connect a viewer program on fox to the display on lizard, you start xboard on the virtual display, you can then disconnect and reconnect to that virtual display.
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