Paul Fox wrote:
> > > i used to be able to access and operate the backuppc web interface
> > > using elinks or links2. after a system upgrade, which brought me
> > > new copies of those text browsers, i can no longer do so. backuppc
> > > did not change (i'm at 3.0.0).
> ...
> > Do you have to use a text based browser? If the reasons for doing so
> > are that you only have ssh access and/or you have a low bandwidth
> ...
>
> oh, sure -- there are lots of ways of exporting a browser session --
> VNC, or even X11 over ssh (which is very slow, but okay once in a
> blue moon). but i spend 90% of my time in ssh within an xterm,
> and elinks is (or, rather, "was") _so_ quick to use for a quick
> backuppc status check or file restore that i'd like to figure out how
> to keep using it if i can.
I spend 90% of my time in xterms too, mostly logged into a bunch of
different machines, but the way I do it now is to keep a desktop running
in freenx and connect via NX from wherever I am. It is as fast as X
locally and not at all bad remotely - and you get instant access to
whatever you left running when you reconnect so you can leave a browser
session with backuppc up too. It takes a while for your first screen to
redraw remotely but after that, everything is snappy. It's well worth
the time to set it up and especially worthwhile if you regularly need
access to your linux desktop from windows or mac boxes since the client
is cross-platform.
--
Les Mikesell
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