[NCLUG] VNC?

[MEDBERRY,DAVID (HP-Loveland,ex1)]

(FROM THE DEAD HORSE DEPT.)

All of the following re: VNC is true. However, it is very simple to make
your "primary" desktop also VNC.

Run VNC Server with your normal window manager (gnome, fvwm, kde, etc):
vncserver :1
Run X on your localhost:1.0 (no window manager) but also start vncviewer
localhost:1

Now you can view this same thing from your Win machine via WinVNC.

(You can even use shared mode.)

(Of course, you don't even need to run X on the server--you can just have it
come up in console mode then use VNC for ordinary functions. You won't have
access to the consoles though.)

Lastly, I run (and recommend) a combination of the two approaches (assuming
the machines are physically collocated.) Use a switch box when you have to
have physical control of the Linux (or Windows) machine but 99% of the time
use VNC. Also this approach works from either machine--you can have the
Linux machine be your primary and view your Win machine from within Linux
with VNC. However this doesn't work well for gaming.

-dave

-----Original Message-----
From: James DeWitt [mailto:jdewitt at verinet.com]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 6:47 PM
To: nclug at nclug.org
Subject: Re: [NCLUG] VNC?



On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Sean Reifschneider wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 05:22:35AM -0700, Luke Light wrote:
> >thinking maybe VNC could help me out, but I am not sure of its
capabilites
> >with the keyboard / mouse.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to
> >go about doing this?
> 
> VNC *IS* an X server -- you run it on your Linux box and then attach to
it.
> Stuff running under it is going to display 10:0 IIRC.  You can attach to
it
> equally well from your Windows machine, or from a remote location
(assuming
> reasonable bandwidth).
> 
> It will not give you a copy of the display on the Linux machine (unless
the
> Linux machine is also running the vnc client), but it will give you
> persistant access to the windows there.  It's like "screen", but more
> GUI.
> 
> Sean
> -- 
I haven't used this too much, but let me try this...

Yes, it creates several virtual display sessions that you can
connect to sort of like an XDMCP session. You can specify the :n
display number.  Don't forget to set vncpasswd!

You can  connect with the WinVNC client and get the 
whole desktop including background, icons and control bar.
This seems to be configured in the ~/.vnc directory - by 
default, mine is execing the systemwide xinitrc file.  So,
you don't get what is on display :0, but a fresh new session.

Yes, this is cool - particularly if your linux desktop
size is smaller than the VNC client machine's screen.

JD

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