Can I use x11vnc to view my VMWare session remotely?
Yes, since VMWare usually runs as an X application you can view it via x11vnc in the normal way. Note that VMWare has several viewing modes: • Normal X application window (with window manager frame) • Quick-Switch mode (with no window manager frame) • Fullscreen mode The way VMWare does Fullscreen mode on Linux is to display the Guest desktop in a separate Virtual Terminal (e.g. VT 8) (see this FAQ on VT’s for background.) Unfortunately, this Fullscreen VT is not an X server. So x11vnc cannot access it (however, see this discussion of -rawfb for a possible workaround.) x11vnc works fine with “Normal X application window” and “Quick-Switch mode” because these use X. Update: It appears the in VMWare 5.x the Fullscreen mode is X, so x11vnc access does work. One user reports he left his machine with VMWare in the Fullscreen mode, and even though his X session wasn’t in the active VT, he could still connect x11vnc to the X session and pass the keystrokes Ctrl-Alt (typing “blind”) to the VMW
Yes, since VMWare usually runs as an X application you can view it via x11vnc in the normal way. Note that VMWare has several viewing modes: • Normal X application window (with window manager frame) • Quick-Switch mode (with no window manager frame) • Fullscreen mode The way VMWare does Fullscreen mode on Linux is to display the Guest desktop in a separate Virtual Terminal (e.g. VT 8) (see this FAQ on VT’s for background.) Unfortunately, this Fullscreen VT is not an X server. So x11vnc cannot access it (however, see this discussion of -rawfb for a possible workaround.) x11vnc works fine with “Normal X application window” and “Quick-Switch mode” because these use X. Update: It appears the in VMWare 5.x the Fullscreen mode is X, so x11vnc access does work. One user reports he left his machine with VMWare in the Fullscreen mode, and even though his X session wasn’t in the active VT, he could still connect x11vnc to the X session and pass the keystrokes Ctrl-Alt (typing “blind”) to the VMW
