I've noticed recently I've had more luck with Y. I used to use X but it stopped working correctly. (YAC) On 5/21/07, Dazed_75 wrote: > On 5/21/07, James crawford wrote: > > > > plug-discuss-request@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote: > > > Message: 2 Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 13:37:37 -0700 From: "Nate > > > Plamondon" Subject: VNC remote screen blanking > > > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Message-ID: > > > <43394c9f0705211337w7822cdbxd358ed706c7fd6ff@mail.gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I use my home computer > > > (running Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) with gnome 2.16.1) frequently from > > > work and elsewhere via x11vnc 0.8.2. It works fine, although a bit > > > slow. I am, however, concerned about all my actions showing on-screen > > > at home. I would be much more comfortable with this solution if I was > > > able to keep my home screen blank and locked while interacting > > > remotely. All the advice I've been able to find points to using > > > another X session on the home machine, but I would very much like to > > > use my root console. Do any of you have a solution or suggestions on > > > where to look? > > > -- Nate Plamondon nplamondon@[sucks]gmail.com -------------- > > > next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: > > > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/pipermail/plug-discuss/attachments/20070521/4928d140/attachment-0001.htm > > > > > > > Not logging into root but you can setup an ssh server and use "putty" or > > another terminal emulator to access the command line, then for those > > actions that require root either use sudo or su to root. > > > > James C. > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > In fact, with the ssh server runing, you can ssh into the box with the -X > option and run GUI stuff using the xserver on you local machine. Nothing is > display on the home machine at all. > > -- > Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter > and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss > -- "Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it." -Napoleon Bonaparte --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss