Sharing X sessions via VNC

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Falanga [mailto:afalanga "at" linora.com]
> Is there a way to configure the X window system to allow incoming 
> connections to the default X session ie. session 0?  I cannot allow 

An easy config, acceptable for most unix variant:
Don't start the X login from boot (linux RedHat: runlevel 3)
Then login at the console
start vncserver with: `vncserver :0`
If needed, start the X environment: `startx` or `startx -- :1`
If needed, start the vncviewer at the console ($DISPLAY is :1) to :0.

Dedicated to XFree: http://xf4vnc.sourceforge.net/ This hooks with XFree 4.2

Dedicated to the framebuffer console device:
http://www.hexonet.de/software/x0rfbserver/ This hooks to the framebuffer
device, should also be capable of getting the text console. This one should
be able to build and run on Linux (2.4, with framebuffer), HP-UX,
SunSolaris.

> multiple sessions to run as memory is not limitless on the box in 
> question.  Also, I have read through the web site, but I really don't 
> want to install secondary protocols to get this to work.  I'd like to 
> know if there's a way to allow this through vnc.  My boss has told me 
> that there was an article in an issue of Linux Magazine, or perhaps 
> Linux Journal, that covered this, but so far I've been less than 
> successful at recoving that article.

You should be able to exchange the currently installed X (XF86) with Xvnc.
This leaves the terminal in text mode (if at all) and automatically starts
Xvnc with display :0...


CBee