[GRLUG] switch sessions remotely

[Steve Romanow]

On 2/3/2011 10:59 AM, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 10:54 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:
>> I'm working on my Linux box remotely from a Windows box since the screen
>> is malfunctioning. Using NX (NoMachine). The Windows box shut down
>> (battery low). When I restarted and tried to connect again, NX seems to
>> create a new session.
>>
>> Is there any way I can return to the session that has all my documents
>> open? Maybe somehow switch sessions once I'm connected back by NX?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> EB
> PS: That other session is still there. If I try to open Firefox, it
> tells me it is already open. If I try to open a file in gedit, it tells
> me the file is alreay open in another instance of gedit.
>
>
We use NoMachine in production here and use the resume feature a lot.  
The system logs well (server side and client side in %HOMEDIR%/.nx  you 
should see the comms between and may be a clue as to why it didnt show 
you the dialog to reconnect.  What versions are you using?

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