On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 03:52:14AM -0800, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > On Jan 5, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 02:27:18PM -0800, Rodney D. Myers wrote: >>> I can get SSH/VNC to work on my debian machine. >>> >>> My question. How do I get the default screen to open up, or to get >>> something other than the 'blank' screen with a shell open. >> >> I don't understand. From a command line, you ssh to another box and get >> a command line. If you want to run an X app, use an xterm, ensure that >> you are forwarding X (just using ssh -X may work), then run the X app >> from that command line. The application will be running on the remote >> CPU (etc) but will use your Xorg and appear on your screen. >> >> Doug. > > Correct. This I know/understand. I help 2 people, who do not live locally, > with their debian/(k)ubuntu computers. > > There are times, when it would be very handy, to 'see' they are seeing, > when they are actually attempting to do things. You need x11vnc. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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