Re: [tlug] Accessing a program running on a different computer

[Peter Brandt <me387511@example.com>]

Hello Ray

Raymond Wan wrote:
> Sometimes I have firefox running on a computer and then I 
> want to access the computer remotely and see what text is 
> written there and I can't.  Of course, I can cheat because 
> firefox (actually, iceweasel) has crash recovery so I just 
> kill it and when I start it up again with "ssh -X", my tabs 
> are restored...  Would be nice to know how to see the screen 
> remotely without having to kill the program...

For tasks like this, the "x11vnc" program might be useful:

http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/

I never used it myself, but the description sounds quite like what you 
are trying to achieve. Note, that this is not a VNC server providing a 
virtual X display, but a server that allows access to a real X display.

Peter