Re: open terminal in VNC
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:43:52 +0100, Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org> wrote:
> On 2004-12-04 23:00:29 +0100, Stefan Fredriksson wrote:
> > Things work like a charm but. Sometimes you accidently close the
> > terminal in the VNC and you are stuck. Is there a way to open en
> > termial through ssh or similar and make it appear in the VNC
> > session?
>
> Yes, open a terminal with the right $DISPLAY.
E.g., if your VNC session was display ':0' (it tells you when it starts up);
DISPLAY=:0 x-terminal-emulator
or
x-terminal-emulator -display :0
I'd recommend using a window manager (such as pwm or ion2) on this
desktop to aid spawning future terms.
--
Jon Dowland
http://jon.dowland.name/
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