remote desktop

zeky · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 8:16 pm Post subject: remote desktop

Hi!

I have a home box that's allways online (xDSL). I want to connect to my box @ home from work, so i can see the acctual picture of the desktop.
I've tryed VNC but (comparing with VNC on win*) it just starts a new screen, it doesn't acctually show u the current screen i'm running (i dunno why is that?).
Is there any utility (like Terminal service for win*) so i would be able to work remote like i was sitting at home in front of my box?

thanx, zeky
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Woofles · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 8:39 pm Post subject:

What do you mean by showing a 'new' screen?
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puggy · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 9:14 pm Post subject:

You want to "take over" the session in effect like an admin can do using terminal services on windows 2000?
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nitro322 · Guru Joined: 24 Jul 2002 Posts: 596 Location: USA

KDE 3.1.x includes a great Desktop Sharing utility. It uses the VNC protocol, but it'll share your current session rather than starting a new X session. You can configure via control panel to automatically start, allow remote sessions to take control, set a password, etc. Actual commands are krfb (the server) and krdc (client), although you can use any VNC viewer to connect. Not sure if you can share a non-KDE desktop, but you can run the server directly with krfb, so it's worth a try. Enjoy!

zeky · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 5:41 am Post subject: