Comments on: Assuming http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2008/05/18/assuming/ A complete lack of ideas and the power to express them. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Art Zemon http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2008/05/18/assuming/comment-page-1/#comment-10177 Art Zemon Mon, 19 May 2008 12:25:15 +0000 http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/?p=525#comment-10177 That works on Windows but not on Linux. On Linux, the new vncserver gets its own X windows session rather than showing the existing desktop. -- Art Z. That works on Windows but not on Linux. On Linux, the new vncserver gets its own X windows session rather than showing the existing desktop.

– Art Z.

]]> By: Ed Greenberg http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2008/05/18/assuming/comment-page-1/#comment-10168 Ed Greenberg Mon, 19 May 2008 04:48:44 +0000 http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/?p=525#comment-10168 I had good success with remote access to people's desktop using VNC and the call-out function. In short, you start a VNC client in listener mode (you need a public address) and you instruct the end that is behind the NAT to do a VNC server in call-out mode. Good instructions were found at: http://www.plenz.com/reverse-vnc/ I had good success with remote access to people’s desktop using VNC and the call-out function. In short, you start a VNC client in listener mode (you need a public address) and you instruct the end that is behind the NAT to do a VNC server in call-out mode.

Good instructions were found at: http://www.plenz.com/reverse-vnc/

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