remote x server

Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: remote x server
started by: liran

Posted by liran on July 24 2005,14:50

how do i make x on dsl to listen on port 6000?
its not doing it by default.

i want to connect to it remotely from another box on the
lan. how do i do that?

thanks.

Posted by liran on July 24 2005,19:03

ok well, i found out that /usr/sbin/xsetup.sh and /etc/X11/xsetup holds an argument of
-nolisten tcp in them so i removed it but looking at netstat im still not seeing x listening on port 6000. so i tried runing the vncserver, it asked for a password, then netstat showing
6001,6002 and 5902 and 5901 ports listening on the machine though for some reason i cant seem
to connect to the box from a linux box using the vncviewer or tightvnc client from a windows box.
any ideas?

Posted by liran on July 24 2005,19:12

ok, some progress.
i tried connecting the tightvnc windows client to 10.200.1.7:1 and it works just fine.
now how do i do that through a linux box?

and another question-
is it possible to entirely duplicate the desktop? like with the window manager, background,etc?

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on July 24 2005,23:08

Are you wanting a VNC-like remote session? Or are you wanting old-school unix remote X server abilities?

If you are wanting a VNC connection to DSL, you must download and install vnc4x-1.4.6.dsl. Make sure to read the info file too, for how to set it up.

As for server/client X connections, I'm not sure whether or not Xvesa can do that, but I will find out.

-J.P.

Posted by liran on July 25 2005,07:17

i'm not sure I understand the difference between remote X server and remote VNC.
I want to be able to connect to my entire desktop remotely. Like, see the memoryand the cpu usage and all thos barrs, and see the background image and be able to do right-click and get the dsl flubox menu.

which option is that? and am i able to do it?

Posted by Andrewm1986 on July 25 2005,11:33

VNC = one session, see the screen, change it

X Client /Server = multiple sessions, you get a fresh screen.

You want VNC

Posted by liran on Aug. 04 2005,15:00

hey everyone-
wanted to tell you guys that the problem got fixed - thanks to guys at #damnsmalllinux @freenode.net

i was having problems installing the packages with apt-get, though dpkg --overwrite solved it.
then, to use x11vnc you simply run it, thats all. then it's listening for vnc.
from another box you simply run `vncviewer boxip:0` and you've got it working.

i love the dsl community so i just figured i'd share with everyone