[FreeNX-kNX] n00b Q: How do you connect to the root "console" session from remote?

[Eike Hein]

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Shayne Webrider wrote:
> So,  I have MachineA sitting with a Gnome session running.  I go to
> MachineB
> and want to pick up that session using NX.  How do I connect to that
> session?

You can't. NX works by spawning a pseudo-X11 server on
the remote box that the session runs on, and then acts
as proxy, i.e. forwards the protocol stream (with
niceties like roundtrip suppression and compression)
to the NX client, which happens to be an X server as
well (an Xnest instance on Linux or Cygwin/X on Win).

Sessions running on a different X server cannot be
picked up. NX is a terminal server rather than a
generic remote control solution.


Best regards,
Eike Hein
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