Take a Peek at You Current X Display

From time to time I found my self a need to peek what's happening on my desktop screen in the office or at home (I left my Desktop turned on most of the time). No it is not everyday need, maybe only once in 2-3 month.

possible scenario:

• I left office or home while uploading big file using firefox. I need to know whats exactly happening at the end of the upload.
• I left azureus turned on when I left home for work. I want to know the progress and maybe add more download to the queue.

x11vnc and the viewer is the answer, simple and works.

Here's what I usually does:
$ ssh myoffice -L5900:localhost:5900
$ x11vnc

from client side (in this case my home machine)
$ vncviewer -encodings "copyrect tight zrle hextile" localhost:0
- posted by yantm @ 11:36 PM 0 comments

 
Dell 700m
Recently bought Dell 700m during Singapore PC Show 2005 for my wife
Price: SG$1874
Spec:

• Pentium M 725 (1.60GHz, 2MB Cache, 400MHz FSB)
• 512M (2 pcs)
  
• DVD/CD-RW Combo
• 8 cell battery
• 80G HDD
• WinXP Home
• Bundle with Norton Internet Security (I have to buy something to avoid delivery charges)
• 1 Year Warranty
• Wifi a/b/g
• SD slot
  

Pros:

• Cheap (I can not found similar deal from other brand)
• screen is nice and crisp
• dvd/cd-rw built-in, no need to carry arround docking or external drive

Cons:

• keyboard is not full size (, . / is smaller than others) and Fn key for page-up page-down.
  
• Thick
  
• USB slot placement stacked with each other
• no common goodies like CF slot, infrared, bluetooth, serial port, and built-in microphone

Guide to install Debian on it: here and here

Conclusion: No regret, cheap and great.

lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O Control Registers (rev 02)
0000:00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Configuration Process Registers (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 83)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
0000:02:01.0 Network controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4223 (rev 05)
0000:02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
0000:02:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
0000:02:04.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI7x20 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Controller
0000:02:04.3 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420/PCI7620 Dual Socket CardBus and Smart Card Cont. w/ 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Cont. an
0000:02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
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