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dufeu l33t
Joined: 30 Aug 2002 Posts: 924 Location: US-FL-EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 3:03 pm Post subject: How can I leave GUI based processes remotely running? NX? |
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I have a need to remotely start and administer processes which are GUI based.
As I understand the NX documentation, I can either shut down my current nxclient and automatically close the nx session or I can leave my connection and then return later to the nx session where I left off.
What I want to do is leave my connection and allow the remote nx session processes to continue running.
For example:
Let's say I start an nx session {with kde} and I start ktorrent running. In this case, I'd like to set up a number of torrents to run, leave my connection with the remote host, then come back to it later to check on the status of the torrents.
As I noted above, the official documentation implies strongly that I can't do this.
Have I missed something? Is there a way to do this?
In the alternative for the above example, I could use something like 'screen' and start up an ncurses based bittorrent client. But that's not the direction I want to go.
Any advice? _________________ People whom think M$ is mediocre, don't know the half of it. |
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Ant P. Watchman
Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 6920
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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You could start a normal X server then use x11vnc. It can be Xvfb if you don't have a video card attached. |
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papahuhn l33t
Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Posts: 626
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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It's no problem to detach and reattach an nx session from the same or even different client. _________________ Death by snoo-snoo! |
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Hu Moderator
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21635
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 2:22 am Post subject: |
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If you want to use a headless X server, then there is no reason to use Xvfb with the x11vnc module. Instead, run vncserver as provided by net-misc/tigervnc. |
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ppurka Advocate
Joined: 26 Dec 2004 Posts: 3256
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 4:59 am Post subject: |
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You can use xpra if it is just one application, and not a whole desktop. _________________ emerge --quiet redefined | E17 vids: I, II | Now using kde5 | e is unstable :-/ |
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