Remote assistance for X

2010-01-01 Thread Karl J. Runge
> remotehost="lightning" > cmd="x11vnc -display :0 -localhost -connect localhost -ncache" > ssh -t -c blowfish -R 5500:$remotehost:5500 localhost "$cmd" I think you mean: ssh -t -c blowfish -R 5500:localhost:5500 $remotehost "$cmd" right? You want to ssh to $remotehost and have the 5500 traff

Re: Remote assistance for X

2010-01-01 Thread Karl J. Runge
On Fri, 1 Jan 2010, Warren Block wrote: > > ssh -t -c blowfish -N -f -L 5500:$supporterhost:5500 $supporterhost && \ > x11vnc -display :0 -localhost -connect localhost -ncache 10 I think that will work, but I believe (for extra safety/clarity if nothing else) you really want: -L 5500:localho

Re: Remote assistance for X

2010-01-02 Thread Karl J. Runge
On Fri, 1 Jan 2010, Warren Block wrote: > [SSL mode for x11vnc] > > I've tried it now and it does just what is needed for my setup! Very good. > Finally, a little feedback: > > On a Windows Vista system, AVG screamed that the netcat.exe from > ssvnc_windows_only-1.0.25.zip was a virus (don't

Re: Remote assistance for X

2010-01-02 Thread Karl J. Runge
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010, Warren Block wrote: > > Proto: RFB 003.008 > > Connected to RFB server, using protocol version 3.8 > Enabling TightVNC protocol extensions > Security-Type: 16 (rfbSecTypeTight) > No authentication needed > > Desktop name "" > ... > ...and that's it. The TightVNC server show

Re: Remote assistance for X

2010-01-03 Thread Karl J. Runge
On Sun, 3 Jan 2010, Warren Block wrote: > > > > I believe a workaround for you will be: > > > >ssvncviewer -listen -rfbversion 3.7 > > > > this reverts to the previous protocol version where there is no issue. > > Confirmed, that works fine with TightVNC servers from both of the > Windows sys