>>I want to control my Linux PC from my XP machine - mainly because I >>have no space for another VGA terminal. I installed VNC. At >the moment, >>I can start a new X session on the FC2 and thats great - but this is >>not the main X session that is active in the FC2, so whenever I shut >>down the XP (the conreoling computer) - all the processes that I >>created in the FC2 (the controlled computer) are being killed. >> >>My target is to work from the XP on the FC2 directly - and >not to open >>a new X session. >> >>How can I do that? > >Have a pre-started X session that you connect to from the XP >box. You never close that session, just close your VNC client >on XP. In this example, the session is available on port 5901. > >1. Make sure the VNC server is running > ># chkconfig --list vncserver >vncserver 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > >2. Add a line to /etc/sysconfig/vncservers to start up a VNC >server for your use from XP under your non-root user id: > ># cat /etc/sysconfig/vncservers ># The VNCSERVERS variable is a list of display:user pairs. ># ># Uncomment the line below to start a VNC server on display :1 ># as my 'myusername' (adjust this to your own). You will also ># need to set a VNC password; run 'man vncpasswd' to see how # >to do that. ># ># DO NOT RUN THIS SERVICE if your local area network is ># untrusted! For a secure way of using VNC, see ># <URL:http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html>. > >VNCSERVERS="1:myuserid" > >3. in ~/.vnc, create a file called "xstartup" > ># cat xstartup >#!/bin/sh > ># Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: ># unset SESSION_MANAGER ># exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > >[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup >[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources >xsetroot -solid grey >vncconfig -iconic & >exec gnome-session & > >After getting all this done, restart the vncserver daemon and >you'll have your session ready and waiting for you Thank you! I id it (the files were there,, I just had to uncomment one line) - and I think it works. Let me see if I understand: It's not like I wanted (to have a "video camera" looking at the FC2 screen). Instead, I can start X session from my XP, to close it - and to get back to it again. Even if I shut down my XP - I can relogin with VNC and see the same X session I started before (assuming the FC2 is always on). Am I right? If yes - that's good enough for me, as I can finally use the FC2 as the home server without keyboard, mouse and VGA.
