How do I start a remote desktop session on Solaris? I have my display exported?

I have my X display exported to my laptop and I have an xterm on the solaris server. I want to fire up a "desktop" session that displays on my laptop. What command (s) do I need to run to do that?





By "desktop" session I mean I want to see something like what I would see if I was at the actual console of the server. It doesn't have to be the actual console, but something similar to it.|||Since you know about $DISPLAY, you obviously know


how to remotely display specific applications


like "xterm". To get an entire "desktop" (ie. a


window manager), use "vnc".





This software is available on the "companion CD"





The basic idea is to start "vncserver" on the


remote machine.





fee $ rlogin foo


foo $ vncserver





and then use the vnc client on your local machine:





fee $ vncviewer -shared foo:1





Because the default window manager is "twm", I


also created the file $HOME/.vnc/xstartup to


contain the following so that my "desktop" would


be gnome:





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#!/bin/sh





xrdb $HOME/.Xresources


xsetroot -solid grey


xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" %26amp;


/usr/bin/gnome-session %26amp;


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I haven't tried it yet, but I've heard the claim


that the OpenSolaris X server supports this


directly (ie. so that you don't have to start


"vncserver" on the remote machine).





A couple of nice features to this is that it


allows you to share a desktop with someone who is


collaborating with you. Similarly, it allows you


to "join" your own existing desktop when you go


home from work at night





Definitely see the reference below.|||look it up