On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 09:42:25PM +0200, Dumitru Mi?u Moldovan wrote: > On 02/16/18 10:14, Jiri B wrote: > > […] > > > I'll try to clarify my use case further. I'd like to attach of a persistent > > remote display session in screen/tmux-like manner. > > > > IIUC a 'persistent' disqualifies X11 forwarding over SSH, and it > > disqualifies usage of "remote" DISPLAY=$ip:$display too. > > > > Thus, IIUC, X11 server needs to run on remote OS as well, and because the VM > > does not have real graphical card, it does need a kind of fake X11 server. > > > > Xvfb or X11 native 'dummy'-driver based solution should work, the graphics > > itself can be later attached in screen/tmux-like manner via VNC for example. > > > > Solutions I'm aware: > > > > - X11 forwarding (not persistent) > > - X11 with remote DISPLAY (not persistent) > > - X11 'dummy' driver (not working in VMM VM) > > - Xvfb (works but seems slower/obsoleted by X11 native 'dummy' driver) > > > > Might want to add this to your list: https://www.xpra.org/ (have never > tried it, but advertises itself as "screen for X11").
IIUC xpra uses 'dummy' X11 driver but I haven't checked too deeply as there's no port for it right now. Jiri
