Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I've been using Conky for some time, a nifty utility to monitor just > about anything on the PC. Vital things like CPU, RAM, swap, disks, > current song playing in MPD :o) > > Here's what it looks like : > > http://www.microlinux.fr/images/bureau_conky.png > > And with more detail : > > http://www.microlinux.fr/images/conky_zoom.png > > Now I wonder... I'd really like to use that to monitor my remote server. > I know this feature isn't officially supported by Conky, but I'm right > now thinking about a workaround. Something like: OK, my server is > 'headless' (e. g.: no graphical server, nothing), but why not install > just xorg-x11-server-Xorg, then use Conky and forward it to my local > display with SSH -X ? I'm pondering this question, thinking about the > possible issues... > > ... so maybe one of you guys here has come up with some solution ? If you use X remotely much, just take the whole desktop with freenx on the server and the NX client that you can download from http://www.nomachine.com. It is very efficient and lets you disconnect/reconnect with everything still running, even from a different client - or even platform. == Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
