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<p>Grettings from sunny New-Mexico . <br>
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I've been hitting walls on this one for a couple of weeks now, but
have not been able to satisfy my will. <br>
<br>
Goal : To be able to login ( not share the desktop, but actually
claim the session) from remote locations.<br>
The best example for this is Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol and
its client, " Remote Desktop Connection ". <br>
Here's the shortest summary for a long process I've been through.
thank you for reading. <br>
<br>
I've tried :<br>
<br>
Vino - will allow to view display :0 , a user needs to be logged in
order for it to work, it is possible to run it as a service and that
way eliminate the need for an active session to be in place , have
not tried running it as a service yet, due to the fact the it will (
as VNC does) , not " steal " the session, but will only shadow the
session. <br>
<br>
TightVNC server - No go, will act as a " Terminal Server" , if the
session a user left was attached to :0 , then I'll login to :1 or
:2 and onward . <br>
<br>
XRDP - A server that uses Microsoft's RDP client to connect to a VNC
session on Linux, it was a great find, but all in all, it's a VNC
session as TightVNC would be . <br>
<br>
Freenx - Fast and reliable, and probably the one I'll stick with if
I will not find a 100% satisfying solution . It will let me "roam"
on the same remote session it'll create, but, it will not let me in
to display :0 . I've been using this one for super-fast remote
sessions to remote servers that do not run an actual desktop rather
only the X11 libs, works like a champ. But its a different story
with a computer that has an actual desktop. <br>
<br>
X11vnc - the only one I found that will actually let me in to my own
session, the downfall is that it will not "steal" the session, as
would RDP,<br>
but, it will shadow the session, ( as VNC does), thus , compromising
speed. I'm aware of scripts outthere that would at-least lock the
local screen when X11vnc is initiated , the need for that is vastly
understood I'm sure.<br>
It is getting a bit frustrating, because most people I ask for an
RDP ( and it's logic) like solution in Linux, would immediately
reply " use VNC ".<br>
Oh well, its not the same.<br>
<br>
I did find a smart trick to combine X11VNC and TightVNC as servers
and then use NX clinet to remote in to : 0, it does work, but sadly
the speed was sub-par, not a practical solution. I was hoping for
the NX speed on that one, Ended up getting the slowest result. Speed
is subjective, so I'll say that typing a letter in the terminal took
5 seconds to show up, as for the graphical performance, was nearly
impossible to work. <br>
I'm aware that there are some tweaks to speed up X11VNC's
performance, and am working on it. But, in case I'm missing on
something some of you may know, I'm sending this one out. <br>
<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
Guy<br>
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