WorkingTipsOnx11spice

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Installation Steps

Install some necessary packages for building:

$ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf xutils-dev libtool libgtk-3-dev libspice-server-dev build-essential
$ apt-cache search xcb | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I % sudo apt-get install -y %
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
$ make && sudo make install

Configuration

Copy the configuration file into the system configuration folder:

$ sudo cp -r /usr/etc/xdg/x11spice /etc/xdg/
$ sudo vim /etc/xdg/x11spice/x11spice.conf 
...
listen=5900
disable-ticketing=true
allow-control=true
hide=true
display=:0
...

Login to the x session and run with:

$ x11spice

View via:

remote-viewer spice://192.168.xx.xx:5900 --spice-debug

xserver-xspice

Install via:

# apt install xserver-xspice ubuntu-desktop

Start a screen session via:

$ sudo Xspice --password 123456 :0

In other session:

$ DISPLAY=:0 gnome-session
OR
$ DISPLAY=:0 mate-session

view via:

remote-viewer spice://192.168.xx.xx:5900 --spice-debug