X Session

[Ansar Mohammed]

Ok I got a solution running.
"xpra" is an X proxy that runs on the target server. its *exactly* what I
was looking for!


On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 12:16 AM, ted leslie <ted.leslie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> You can do in CL with "screen".
> For GUI, you would want to set up a second (or more) X server, and use
> a RDP to it, via remote desktop screen share.
> i.e.  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=213756
> then RDP/VNC to the that XServer.
> You could create the additional XServer via ssh (remote script even),
> then connect, then do controlled shutdown when your finished.
> But it would be there as you left it if you rdp drops.
>
> Having said that, if you run a gnome desktop env via a X-client (or X
> over SSH, etc), if it disconnects, I wonder if you could reconnect to
> that?
> I think all apps would cascade kill when the main desktop env. dies,
> kind of like with a ssh and tasks spawned from it that are not
> nohup'd.
>
>
> -tl
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:43 PM, Ansar Mohammed <ansarm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > On Windows I am accustomed to establishing an RDP session, running a task
> > and disconnecting. I can usually reconnect to that session and continue
> from
> > where I left off.
> >
> > What do I need to do; to get the same functionality on X.org?
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