On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 03:14:49AM -0500, Jiri B wrote: > On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 06:48:53PM -0800, Mike Larkin wrote: > > > > what are you trying to accomplish? > > > > > > A persistent remote display session, ie. xenodm->wm or users one > > > accessible > > > via VNC with x11vnc. > > > > > I found a solution to do this with about 1 minute of google searching. What > > are you finding difficult? > > I'm not sure I can follow. > > I would be happy to listen for your proposal for my use case. > > I'll try to clarify my use case further. I'd like to attach of a persistent > remote display session in screen/tmux-like manner. > > IIUC a 'persistent' disqualifies X11 forwarding over SSH, and it > disqualifies usage of "remote" DISPLAY=$ip:$display too. > > Thus, IIUC, X11 server needs to run on remote OS as well, and because the VM > does not have real graphical card, it does need a kind of fake X11 server. > > Xvfb or X11 native 'dummy'-driver based solution should work, the graphics > itself can be later attached in screen/tmux-like manner via VNC for example. > > Solutions I'm aware: > > - X11 forwarding (not persistent) > - X11 with remote DISPLAY (not persistent) > - X11 'dummy' driver (not working in VMM VM) > - Xvfb (works but seems slower/obsoleted by X11 native 'dummy' driver) > > Thank you for help. > > Jiri > >
Xvfb + x11vnc worked fine in the test I just did.
