Re: [Xen-devel] VM Remote access options

[Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Just to error test my own thinking here, there seems to be the following
> options for remote graphical access to a running domian vm.  Besides the
> normal network service via a port and a raw console, the options are 
> straight X, VNC, and XN.
> 
> X - supports a single X window running on a local XServer, tied to a single
> process on the remote system.  No remote desktop

Checkout the Xnest server. It allows you to run an Xserver
displaying to an Xwindow (which can be full screen).

> VNC - comes in two flavors of server.  The original at&t server supports a
> primative window manager and no desktop to the remote system.  A more
> recent server is krfb found in the KDE tree.  This is the basis for so
> called 'desktop sharing' features.  krfb forks the io on running kde
> environment to the remote VNC client and thus depends on a running login
> session.  It can not start a new login session.

RealVNC seems to work well. I suspect you can elide the login
session issue with a suitable script.

> When I mentioned bad performance of XN in an earlier post, I was refering
> to test on a xen domain.   Over a regular network, it is quite snappy, and
> over the internet, it is simple amazing.  It does not seem to be happy on a
> domain system, however.  I've got some more things to try.  But the client
> is gagging and stops responding after a connection has been established and
> a session started.

I'm not sure why it would have problems -- it's just using a TCP
connection, right?

Ian


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