detach/reattach remote GUI applications?

[Eric Schuele]

On 11/12/06 18:37, Luke Dean wrote:
> 
> I run a headless server and I've become fond of using the "screen" 
> utility with SSH to allow me to launch a text-based application, detach 
> from it, and then reattach to it later to see how it's going.
> 
> I'm wondering if there's a tool I can use that would allow me to do that 
> with GUI applications.  

Could this be of use?
   http://www.tightvnc.com/

> I know that I can tunnel X over SSH to have my 
> remote headless server do the processing and my local machine do the 
> display, but sometimes I have to switch off my local machine.  This 
> kills the display and thus kills the application.  I might be able to 
> figure out a way to set up a logical display on the remote machine, but 
> then I wouldn't know how to "see" it.  I'd have to tell the client 
> application to switch Displays midstream wouldn't I?  Can that be done?
> 
> Windows Terminal Services (RDP) gives the capability I'm looking for by 
> "disconnecting" and "reconnecting" a session.  Surely there's some way 
> to get this capability with X, and I just don't know how.
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Regards,
Eric