Nx client. Attach mode available?

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Dear all,
I would like to ask you if the latest nx version support “attach” mode,
by that I mean being able to “attach” to my current running desktop. I want when I work from home to be able to not launch a new X environment but to see my kde as it runs on my localhost (“what I see when I unlock my pc at work”)

Would that be easy to be done with NX?

I would like to thank you in advance for your help

Regards
Alex.

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On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 20:06:03 +0000, alaios wrote:

> I would like to ask you if the latest nx version support “attach” mode,
> by that I mean being able to “attach” to my current running desktop. I
> want when I work from home to be able to not launch a new X environment
> but to see my kde as it runs on my localhost (“what I see when I unlock
> my pc at work”)
>
> Would that be easy to be done with NX?

It’s been my experience that the NX client works with the NX server or
FreeNX server, and doesn’t work with the X server itself.

For that you’d want to use the built-in “remote desktop” functionality.
That tends to be VNC based, so I’d recommend tunneling the connection
over ssh since VNC’s authentication is not very strong and the connection
is unencrypted.

Jim

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For all things NX, you must also read these two articles:

Setting up NX server (part I: FreeNX)

AND

Setting up NX server (part II: NoMachine NX)

Thank You,

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If you mean ‘shadowing’ the current X session, it works with NoMachine but not with FreeNX if you select ‘shadow’ under desktop in the NX clent. But then you’re back to vnc speed.

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What do you mean by shadowing? (Actually I have some time until weekend to work or that)

What is the difference between shadowing and cloning? Even if is vnc speed is it at least encrypted? How should I start reading regarding that?

I will also read both tutorial provided earlier in this topic and I will be back with more comments.

Regards
Alex

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Shadowing allows the nx client to attach (display) a already existing session but is display only. If you want to interact remotly the interactive session option needs to be enabled. The /usr/etc/NX/server.cfg file is well commented as to what setting do what. There is a speed reduction but nx uses ssh to communicate and encrypts the connection.

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Thanks a lot.
Actually what I have completed yesterday is to make nx finally to work that means that each time I connect through the client it launches a new kde environment.

  1. Of course this is useful for me, but there are time I need to connect to the session I was running to do 1-2 simple things and then disconnect. Is that what you call an interactive session?

  2. If yes could you please give more info on that?

  3. Should I also install vnc server for linux for that or also nx can serve as a vnc server?

I would like to thank you in advance for your help

B.R
Alex