[KLUG Members] VMware from remote?

[Bruce Smith]

> On the workstation I can 
> "vmware -X /usr/local/vmware/win32/NT4/3/winNT.cfg" and the instance boots 
> and runs in full screen mode without any fuss,  I only have to look at the 
> VMware window for a couple of seconds.  Then Ctrl-Alt-F3 is WinNT and 
> Ctrl-Alt-F4 is GNOME (Ctrl-Alt-F1/F2 are console screens).  I have the 
> best of all worlds.  (And occasionally Ctrl-Alt-F5 is a web server, and 
> Ctrl-Alt-F6 is a middle tier server, while Ctrl-Alt-F7 is a database 
> server.  This is great stuff,  Hey, where did all the RAM go!!!).
> 
> Anyway the "problem" is that one has to have a $DISPLAY for all this work.  
> I'd like to logout of the NT instance and out of GNOME while leaving the 
> NT instance (or others) running.  Especially since I can access the NT 
> instance via VNC.  Ideally I'd like to be able to ssh into the workstation 
> and start an instance.
> 
> I anyone has an ideas how to whack VMware's UI or simply fake-it-out,  I'm 
> all ears.

I have an idea or two, but I'm a little confused on what you're doing
now.  When I start vmware in full screen mode with the "-X", just
pressing CTRL-ALT brings it out of full screen mode, back to a window. 
How do you get in the "Fn" key to switch to a different console/X-screen
and keep vmware in full screen mode?

Also, can you be more specific on exactly how your starting vmware?
(setting the display, starting another occurrence of X, ...)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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