[wellylug] X-Windows Display
Andrew McClure
andrew at coastalwatch.co.nz
Tue Feb 21 20:46:09 NZDT 2006
Excellent Ewen
I'll investigate further.
Thanks
At 20:42 21/02/2006, you wrote:
>In message <6.2.3.4.2.20060221194705.03296d10 at guy>, Andrew McClure writes:
> >What I'd like to do is be able to start an X-Windows app. on start
> >up, and send it to a null, or terminal display, then subsequently
> >login remotely and capture its window via an X-Windows terminal
> >client - perhaps relinquishing it again, but not closing the app.
>
>You probably want to use something like VNC for this purpose. It allows
>you to have an X display which goes to a "virtual display" buffer, that
>you can have replicated to a window on your screen or leave
>disconnected.
>
>You'll want to investigate commands like xvncviewer and vncserver.
>
>There are quite a few variations on VNC these days (with differing
>levels of compression), but if you're only using it on a LAN for
>relatively low traffic applications (eg, no rapid graphics updates) then
>it probably doesn't matter. I still use the original versions as a
>"place holder" display for various applications that need X, but which I
>don't want to display on a screen.
>
>Ewen
>
>
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