[plug] Terminal Server

[Bernard Blackham]

On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 02:17:53AM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-10-16 at 12:19, Tim White wrote:
> > So, is this possible under Linux and using XDMCP?
> 
> the X libs even have primitive support for client migration.

Really? Can you possibly point me at any docs describing it? I'm
interested to try and integrate such a thing into
http://cryopid.berlios.de/ :)

> Alas, I'm not aware of any X toolkit with functional support :-(

Latest (cvs?) versions of Gtk+ support arbitrarily moving Gtk+ apps
between X servers.

> > If not XDMCP then what?
> 
> Currently, your best option is probably VNC (specifically the Xvnc
> server), unless someone else has worked some magic I'm unaware of.

Yep. You can also setup a VNC server to be launched on an incoming
TCP connection via inetd, and with a little scripting and cleverness
implement the idea of a session following you around as you login,
detaching the previous one (ala screen).

Bernard.

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 Bernard Blackham <bernard at blackham dot com dot au>