On 08/11/13 05:49 PM, Ted Byers wrote:
I have a couple servers, using a KVM to have them share a monitor, keyboard and mouse. Alas, it looks like the monitor has died.
I also have a workstation in which I have OpenSuse running within a virtual machine. I can ssh from that virtual machine to these servers, but I am not yet comfortable with using only a terminal to work on a computer (I did so decades ago in the days of DOS, but that was a lifetime ago, and I don't recall anything useful from that time).
Is it posible to have some kind of GUI, either KDE or Gnome, that runs over ssh to let me work on those machines, at least until I can get out to get a replacement monitor? Ideally, whatever is suggested would be viable for both the Ubuntu server and the Opensuse server.
Thanks
Ted
Hi Ted Not using Opensuse, but Centos here. I use tigervnc to bring over desktops through ssh. Very simple to set up. Once you install the package, uncomment the last two lines in the /etc.sysconfig/vncservers file and change "myusername" to whomever -- as root. Very important next thing to do is, as user, run the vncpasswd command to give the user a password. Start and enable the service on the server then as long as you see a mention of the users XAuthority file created, it should be set up fine. On the client side, as user, run: vncviewer -via user@host localhost:2 Where the number 2 is the same in the vncservers file and is also the display number that is used. Works well on my gigabit home network and is securely run in an ssh tunnel. Hope this helps. Phil -- To err, is human To never grow up, is divine -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org