raspberry pi remote access active session

Question

when i remote access the raspberry pi with software now installed i do not get to access the current session displayed on my tv, but rather a new session.
is there software to access the current running session so i can use the keyboard and mouse connected to my laptop to control my raspberry pi.
ATM i use putty and Xming to access my PI, but that creates a new user session instead of the active one.

Answer 1

You should install VNC.

Basically you need to follow the instructions here.

The basics are:

1. Install tightvncserver: sudo apt-get install tightvncserver.
2. Make a shell strict with the start command.
3. Add an init script.
4. Install the tightvnc viewer from the website.
5. Connect up.

I might add more help later, if you need it.

Answer 2

You need x11vnc. This will allow you to connect to the same session on the TV.

Answer 3

You need to install x11vnc daemon on the linux distro with runs on Pi. Then run that command;

x11vnc -display :0 -usepw -noxdamage -ncache 10 -ncache_cr -listen IP_of_pi -allow allowed_ip_address

After ran the command, connect to pi with any VNC client.