Viewing a vnc Remote XSession on Local Linux computer??

[chrisP]

I use vnc to create a remote X server on my windows XP machine. I am a little bit of a beginner and I just found out that you can switch between sessions using Ctl-Alt F[123456789].
Is there a way to
1. See a list of Xservers running?
2. View the remote session display on the local computer. I do not mean changing DISPLAY to :0. I want use the Xserver on windows normally while displaying it on the XP machine but I would also like to see that display on the linuxbox..

PS Where does the Xserver run when I vnc to the linux box.. Does vnc nest the Xservers??

Does that make sense to anyone??

[The Whizzard]

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking here. VNC has two parts, the server and the viewer. On the WinXP box, start the server, set the display number(:0 is common) and set the password. On the Linux box, start the viewer within the GUI. Type in the Win XP IP address and add :0 to the end. (192.168.0.101:0 for example) Then enter password when prompted.

I have no ides if I answered your question but doing the above will get your WinXP desktop on your linux box.

[demetrius]

If its a vncserver session you can view it locally the same way you view it remotely - use vncviewer. You'll have to be in X locally to start the vncviewer and it will work the same as it does in Windows, it will be another desktop in a window on your X desktop. As far as I know there is no way to run vnc as you do a normal X session, i.e. on its own tty.