Re: Debian/Linux equivalent of RDP session / remote X11 session
----- Original Message -----
> From: "lee" <lee@yun.yagibdah.de>
>
> John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> writes:
>
> > lee writes:
> >> what's the Debian or Linux equivalent to MS Windows terminal server
> >> sessions through the remote desktop thing they have?
> >
> >> I would like to be able to let a user work remotely in an X11 session
> >> (preferably with fvwm, if I have to xfce, if it can't be avoided gnome
> >> --- KDE only crashes in vncserver) on a VM running Debian.
> >
> > X11 is network-transparent. Support for remote sessions has been built
> > in from day one. Just run an X server on the remote machine and
> > configure it to connect to the VM instance. Use ssh unless the
> > connection will be local.
>
> How would I generally configure a client to magically start all
> applications on the server? Especially with a Mac or a thin client,
> that seems difficult to do?
>
On a Linux system with no GUI running already, you can run:
X -query mylinuxserver
On a Linux system with a GUI already running, you can run run:
Xephyr :1 -query mylinuxserver
XDMCP must be enabled on mylinuxserver for these to work (see your login manager's doc). Xephyr is provided by xserver-xephyr (on my Jessie system, at least).
XDMCP is good for LANs, but not for WAN.
-Rob
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