Remote Control Of A Linux Desktop? 22
Brian L. asks: "I am developing a product for Linux that is, in essence, a source code editor for a high school audience. Is there a way that the teacher could watch the screens of the students, and even interact with them (by stealing mouse and keyboard control to demonstrate a concept, for example) I've seen (shudder) iMacs do this quite nicely, but I have seen no such similar application for Linux. How could it be done?"
Re:The solution so far (Score:1)
you fail
Linux is waaay behind Windows (Score:1)
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Re:My Job (Score:1)
Citrix MetaFrame for Unix (Score:1)
We're talking about a school here... (Score:1)
Not! [Was:Re:Linux is waaay behind Windows] (Score:1)
Re:Too much time spent coding skew reasoning (Score:1)
xremote (Score:1)
The solution so far (Score:1)
Did you look on freshmeat [freshmeat.net]? All you have to do is look!
Re:Use VNC (Score:2)
While you can share desktops using the Windows VNC server, Xvnc does _not_ display to the screen. You would have to run an X server with a full-screen vncviewer on each Linux box. Not an easy way to do it. (Even then, I'm not entirely sure it will share, because I haven't tried it. Probably would, though.)
Re:I hate to say it (Score:2)
Re:Use VNC (Score:2)
Re:My Job (Score:2)
Besides, a better question to ask slashdot would be, "How do I UNinstall BIND?" After all, BIND has had a long history of security-related bugs.
Read the question! (Score:2)
VNC Screens are managed by Xvnc which is an X server in its own right, simply exporting the display over a compressed network connection. It's only the Window version which allow you to control a remote desktop.
Re:Read the question! (Score:2)
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how about (Score:2)
Re:Check the docs (Score:2)
I think you can connect to display 0 and share it or you could have the students run the server and connect to it locally full screen and they wouldn't know the difference. There is also an option to do reverse connections if you set it up. This would allow the server to view the viewer's display(s). You should be able to use VNC to solve your problem but there is always more than one way to solve a problem.
P.S. Yes I was reading the docs for the xserver [att.com] and xviewer [att.com] not the Win32.
Too much time spent coding skew reasoning (Score:3)
Use VNC (Score:3)
Controlling a Linux desktop (Score:3)
Re:Read the question! (Score:3)
It doesn exactly what he is looking for. Btw, you could also run a Xvnc for the student and a X-Server with a vnc-viewer connectiong to this (local) Xvnc. Then when the teacher wants to show something he connects to the same Xvnc.
Wow, two solutions!
I hate to say it (Score:4)
Look for "X multiplex", for example.
There are a couple of different ways to do this, that have been around for a long time. One of them is named xmx. Another might be called xmove, or xmond. I haven't used them recently, but I did some stuff like this with XFree86.3.*