[Lancaster] remote desktop / xdmcp problem

[andy baxter]

Thanks! I hadn't thought of using vnc. It turns out there's a program
called x11vnc which grabs the current X11 display and turns it into a
vnc server session.

It's working great - I'm now playing a film on the mini-itx box with the
keyboard and mouse controlled by my laptop.

Cheers,

andy

John Scott wrote:
> Try VNC...If I remember correctly, it grabs the current X session and
> displays it locally.
>
> Cheers
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lancaster-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:lancaster-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of andy baxter
> Sent: 14 August 2009 01:23
> To: Lancaster Linux User Group
> Subject: [Lancaster] remote desktop / xdmcp problem
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have two machines, a laptop and a mini-itx box. I want to be able to 
> run an X session on the mini-itx box and have it displayed on both 
> machines at the same time. This is different from the standard xdmcp 
> remote desktop situation where you want a different session on the 
> client to the mini-itx box - what I want is to have the keyboard and 
> mouse from the laptop controlling the session, but to have the same 
> session displayed through the video card on the mini-itx.
>
> Does anyone know how to do this? I already have standard xdmcp logins 
> working.
>
> (The original problem was to find a simple way of playing videos and 
> music on the mini-itx box without having to have a keyboard and mouse 
> permanently attached to it.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> andy
>
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