On Mon, Nov 9, 2015, at 01:06 PM, Matt Ventura wrote: > On 11/07/2015 12:36 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: > > Greetings; > > > > I have a number of older PCs that I use for testing/local webservers, > > fileservers, backup machines and other stuff. A couple of these have > > "glass ttys", ie. no graphics at all, and others have old low-res > > monitors of 800x600 at best. Also, they are all in the basement, which > > is a trip I don't like to make very often! > > > > I want to force these systems to support hi-res 1680x1050 or better so > > I can VNC to them from my main machine and be able to use graphic > > software to operate and maintain these machines. > > > > Right now I mostly use ssh and it can be a real pain! > > > > Can anybody tell me how to accomplish this or point me to a "How To" > > somewhere? > > > > I am running Jessie and XFCE. > > > > Many TIA!! > > Dennis > > > If you absolutely must have a full X running on the machines, you can > use xvfb to create a "fake" X that doesn't actually display anywhere, > and use VNC to access it. There's also xvnc which is specifically for > use over VNC. >
A bit off topic but I thought it might be worthwhile to consider this: Consolidate your OSes running on those old PCs into a virtual environment. You can have local desktop window for them or run them headless and remotely connect via console or VNC. This will also help reduce your monthly electricity bill. -- KS list...@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.com - mmm... Fastmail...