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How do I keep an X session alive when my VPN/ssh disconnects so I can reconnect later?

Hi,

Sorry if this question has been asked before, however, I have tried looking in the forum (and google in general) and I haven't found an answer, so I thought I'd ask here.

I am trying to use a GUI application in Solaris 10. Normally I connect with a VPN then SSH and use Xming to launch my application.
The problem is that whenever my VPN disconnects, the software closes and interrupts the things it was doing.
For command line applications I use "screen" to keep a session opened when the VPN connection fails, so there is no problem, but I haven't found anything equivalent for an X session.
I even tried forwarding the X session to "screen" (export DISPLAY=localhost:N.0 ) but either I'm doing something wrong or this doesn't work...

I know using Citrix will solve this with proper configuration, unfortunately for the time being I can't use it on this server.

is there any software equivalent to "screen" for X sessions that I can use in Solaris 10? if not, Is there any alternative way of doing this?

Thanks!

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l2tpipsecvpn

L2tpIPsecVpn(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   L2tpIPsecVpn(1)

NAME

       L2tpIPsecVpn - L2tp over IPsec VPN Manager applet for the GNOME Desktop

SYNOPSIS

       L2tpIPsecVpn [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This  GUI is not a network manager plugin. However, it provides a systray icon in the indicator applet from which a non privileged user can
       establish and bring down L2TP over IPsec VPN connections.

       From there the user can add, remove and edit vpn connections.

       Editing allows configuring various options for IPsec, L2TP and PPP.

       Among others, the user can configure eg. the gateway, the use of either PSK or a certificate for authentication, various  L2TP  options	as
       redial-	timeout and attempts and of course all important PPP options. It also allows you to configure PPP for tunnel splitting because you
       can add routes as you want.

       When applying your settings, all necessary configuration files are written accordingly (ipsec.conf, xl2tp.conf, options.xl2tpd, opensc.conf
       up and down scripts ...).

       It relies on Openswan and xl2tp packages as the underlying protocol handlers.

       You  can  also  use  certificates  on your local machine or, if e.g. OpenSC is installed and configured, even on a smart card to handle PPP
       authentication.

       The GUI automatically detects when network interfaces are going up or down and can (if so configured) automatically establish or close  VPN
       connections.

OPTIONS

       startConnectionEditor
	      Starts the connection editor dialog.

       applySettings
	      Write  configuration  files  according  to  the connection settings, must be started with root privileges, ie use gksudo as non root
	      user.

       deleteAllConfFiles
	      Delete all configuration files, must be started with root privileges, ie use gksudo as non root user.

AUTHORS

       Werner Jaeger

version 1.0.9							    11 Oct 2012 						   L2tpIPsecVpn(1)