it seems like this ought to be a pretty easy thing to do. I can't install x11vnc, or if I did install it, I can't use it. What I'd said about not being able to install anything was more directed at any *other* proposed solutions, if there was some utility out there that could help. I apologize for not being clearer about my constraints I'm stuck with Axeda Desktop Server. Last edited by alexwagner October 6th, 2010 at 09:13 AM. But until you're logged in, you can't do anything with :0. If I happened to already be logged into the machine in GDM, it's not a problem I just preface the startup command for the VNC server with 'DISPLAY=:0' in my ssh terminal and it works just fine. I basically need to be able to ssh into the machine while it's sitting there at the login screen and force it to log in to a desktop so I can start up this custom VNC server. (I mean, I *can* I do have root access, but I'm not 'allowed' for reasons I can't explain very easily.)ģ- This is actually a Debian machine, but I'm hoping it's similar enough to Ubuntu that I can find help here. I have a directory I'm allowed to put stuff in, but I can't modify anything outside of my given location. Well, I can, but I can't put anything in /etc, /usr, /bin, and so on. I'm in roughly the same situation as the OP, but I have some additional constraints that make the given solution unusable.ġ- I have to use a specific custom VNC-derivative (Axeda Desktop Server, but I don't think the details of this particular one is so important, other than that I can't use x11vnc).Ģ- I can't install anything new on this machine. I've googled for hours and this thread is the closest I've seen to addressing my problem. Last edited by bigben1313 August 3rd, 2010 at 07:45 AM.Īny help would be much appreciated.This works for me: I have seen general references to doing this by forwarding X, but I haven't seen any specific directions for doing this with Windows. Let a VNC see the login screen and enter my GDM username and password though VNC. Is there a way to login to GDM using the ssh terminal? I.e., a command line option to bypass the graphical login screen for GDM. Ideas (that I haven't been able to get working)ġ. Computer B is on Windows, so forwarding X will be a bit more complicated and I haven't been able to figure this out to get to the login screen.

I need to be able to login to GDM as a user on computer A from computer B.Ģ. I can reboot using ssh (sudo reboot now), but after reboot I can no longer use VNC because computer A is stuck on the GDM login screen. Occasionally I will need/want to restart computer A using computer B. I use TightVNC over ssh to access my remote desktop (A). I have a remote computer (A) running Ubuntu 10.04 that I can ssh to from my windows computer (B).

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