On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Joseph <syscon...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/04/12 03:13, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > [snip] > > I'm running OpneVPN server/client configuration on Linux machines but >>> I'm not sure which setting to select on Android to talk to OpneVPN >>> >>> Android 4 comes with VPN type: >>> PPTP >>> L2TP/IPSec PSK >>> L2TP/IPSec RSA >>> IPSec Xauth PSK >>> IPSec Xauth RSA >>> IPSec Hybrid RSA >>> >>> Which one is compatible with OpenVPN? >>> >>> My preference would be to connect to an existing session "shadow" >>> >>> >> >> Why do you think OpenVPN will give you an X server and let you share >> a desktop? >> >> Hint: it won't. You might be able to export X apps to the tablet over >> OpenVPN, but you don;t have an X server there that can display anything. >> >> >> -- >> Alan McKinnon >> alan.mckin...@gmail.com >> > > Android is more compatible with Windows than Linux, even tough is based on > Linux kernel. > Yes, I know I would an application like nxclient on Android that doesn't > exist :-/ > > Wouldn't: ssh -Y user@IP-address work ? > But even if it did, it would be very, very slow. > > -- > Joseph > > As an important note, the answer is a resounding NO to the last question... there's not an X server running on the tablet/phone, typically. I've seen Xvnc setups on (very rooted) android devices running native X based linux software on the device with a VNC app displaying the local Xvnc session, but that's the closest to X natively deployed on android I've seen (that was an implementation of BackTrack on a friend's phone, amusing toy, but not what I'd want for real work).
If all you want a VPN for is to tunnel a display across to the device, you might be best off with an ssh app (I personally use connectbot) to tunnel the port and a vnc app to handle the display. No rooting needed. For more complex network access outside of the VNC session, however, a VPN might actually be worth the work. -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy
