Access display on another PC

sombs · n00b Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 3

I have done some searching on this but haven't been able to find what I'm looking for.

Scenario:
I ssh into a PC running Gentoo from a remote location. I start an emerge. Now I am local to the PC that I started an emerge on and want to check status of the compile process.

Can I enter an existing terminal session that was started from a remote location?

JPMRaptor · Guru Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Posts: 410 Location: Maryland

I do exactly that using "screen". It gives you a virtual console that you can disconnect from and reconnect to later.

First you'll need to emerge app-misc/screen.

Then to do what you're looking for just type screen. This will give you a bash prompt inside of the screen virtual terminal. Run emerge (or whatever else) as you normally do. When you're ready to disconnect type Ctrl+a d (that's control and "a" together then "d" without control). This will return you to your original bash prompt (don't worry, the command you left running in screen is still going in the background). When you're ready to go back to your screen virtual terminal just type "screen -r". This will reconnect you right where you left off.

There are LOTS of other cool things you can do with screen. Check out it's man page for details.
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Maedhros · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:13 am Post subject:

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sombs · n00b Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 3

JPMRaptor thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for.