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George Georgalis

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Aug 3, 2011, 12:56:39 PM8/3/11
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows how to manage x11 sessions in a
manner like screen for terminals.

I'm looking for a way to allow multiple users to authenticate to an
x11 server via the network, disconnect, re-authenticate from another
client and resume the x11 session.

VNC seems the easy solution but it has limitations. Is there an
implementation that uses the x11 client server model to suspend and
resume sessions over the network?

-George


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George Georgalis

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Aug 3, 2011, 1:07:57 PM8/3/11
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On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:56 AM, George Georgalis <geo...@galis.org> wrote:
> Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows how to manage x11 sessions in a
> manner like screen for terminals.
>
> I'm looking for a way to allow multiple users to authenticate to an
> x11 server via the network, disconnect, re-authenticate from another
> client and resume the x11 session.
>
> VNC seems the easy solution but it has limitations. Is there an
> implementation that uses the x11 client server model to suspend and
> resume sessions over the network?

The name had escaped me, but the specific feature I'm looking for is
an ability to detach and reattach a network x11 session. Impossible?

Dustin Marquess

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Aug 3, 2011, 1:39:21 PM8/3/11
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I believe NX supports this?

-Dustin

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:07 AM, George Georgalis <geo...@galis.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:56 AM, George Georgalis <geo...@galis.org> wrote:

>> Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows how to manage x11 sessions in a
>> manner like screen for terminals.
>>
>> I'm looking for a way to allow multiple users to authenticate to an
>> x11 server via the network, disconnect, re-authenticate from another
>> client and resume the x11 session.
>>
>> VNC seems the easy solution but it has limitations. Is there an
>> implementation that uses the x11 client server model to suspend and
>> resume sessions over the network?
>

> The name had escaped me, but the specific feature I'm looking for is
> an ability to detach and reattach a network x11 session. Impossible?
>

George Georgalis

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Aug 3, 2011, 2:21:00 PM8/3/11
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Thanks. I came across NX already but passed it by :) It looks like
what I'm looking for but I'm going to try the open source version by
google first. http://code.google.com/p/neatx/

Regards,
-George

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