[Tfug] OSX

[Predrag Punosevac]

On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:04:38 -0700, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com>  
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> --- "Eric M. Gearhart" <eric at nixwizard.net> wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Paul Scott" <waterhorse at ultrasw.com>
>>
>> > What do you mean by console?
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>>
>> I think in this sense he means Terminal.app - the
>> "xterm for OS X" so to speak.
>
> No.  I want to be able to unplug the monitor attached
> to the machine, turn on the power, drive across town
> to a coffee shop with wifi access and *use* that
> machine from there.
>
> If I want to run a "text terminal", I can.  But, if
> I wanted to just look at pretty dancing icons on the
> screen, I should be able to do that, as well.
>
> --don

I am reading your mails and trying to understand what you need. VNC server  
will run on the headless machine allowing you to use it remotely
with GUI of your choice. I am familiar with two open source VNC servers  
but I personally run TightVNC.
You need to configure .vnc/xstartup and start VNC server. Then install  
TightVNC client
on the remote machine and you are in business. VNC runs through ssh tunnel  
so it is very safe.
VNC is available via pkgsrc.

This how to is good starting point:  
http://www.freebsddiary.org/tightvnc.php

Best,
Predrag





> --don
>
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