Hi,
I've managed to connect to my linux box from my PC using Cygwin. I want to be able to take over control of a runing program.
e.g. If I started xterm from the linux box, then logged in from my PC, how could I take control of that xterm session?
Also... how can I do this with normal console applications?
Preferrably looking for the simplest way of doing this, without having to install anything.
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If you want to have something running under X11 at all times but want to "view" this X11 something from anywhere, you're right, *X11* can't handle this. The operating system (Solaris, Linux, AIX, Windows, HPUX, MacOS, etc) you are running this X11 something on has *NOTHING* to with it. Linux isn't your problem - its all about what X11 can and can not do.
From your discription really this sounds like VNC is perfect fit for what you are trying to do. I qualify by saying I don't know what you are truely trying to accomplish or the specific problem you are trying to solve but VNC seems like a perfect candidate from this thread.
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by: NukfrorPosted on 2004-11-21 at 07:52:11ID: 12638724
You have a couple of choices here:
If you want a GUI enviornment, you should use "VNC". You just need to setup VNC so that it has a X11 window manager and all that.
If you want a console based environment, you should use "screen". In this case, you would ssh into a machine and then use the proper screen arguments to "take over" an already established session running in screen.
Both of these do not require X11.
VNC comes with it own X server. Your session simply received screen refresh updates via the VNC client.