James, I'll give tightvnc a try when I have a bit of time. Looks good from the web site.
cheers, Eric On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:09:18PM -0700, James wrote: > On Fri, 17 May 2002 09:49:17 -0700 > Eric Nodwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Why not use $HOME/.Xresources? > > I need to set some system-wide resources. For example, some users log > > in from a Windows machine using Xwin32, but the default font for emacs > > is not available in Xwin32, so emacs won't start. The solution is to > > just set the font to something simple like "emacs*font: 6x13". Of > > course users could set their own .Xresources or start emacs with the > > -font flag, but lots of users don't read instructions. On the other > > hand, I don't want to just dump a .Xresources file into every home > > directory, because some users *do* use this file for their own > > purposes and they won't be happy if I overwrite their > > carefully-crafted preferences. > > > > Eric > > Eric, > Have you looked into tightvnc instead of Xwin32. The windows client > is just as easy to use as the Xwin32 one and since it actually gets all > of it's "info" from Linux you don't have this problem. The other > advantage is that tightvnc uses less bandwidth and less CPU/Memory > resources than Xwin32. We switched here and haven't looked back. It's > available at www.tightvnc.com and ....... it's free as in beer. The > other nice point is it allows for shared and private "desktops" much > nicer than Xwin32. I would recommend using a lighter weight wm than KDE > or Gnome for max performance, but like I said we've been happy with it. > > James > > > > > > > > > JG > > > > > > Eric Nodwell wrote: > > > >Is there any way to get KDE to load X settings from > > > >/etc/X11/Xresources? > > > > > > > >The behaviour of KDE with respect to X resources seems to depend on > > > >the setting of > > > > > > > > Control Centre > > > > +-> LookNFeel > > > > +-> Colors > > > > +-> Apply colors to non-KDE applications > > > > > > > >If this is set, then KDE sets its own X resources, completely > > > >unrelated to /etc/X11/Xresources. If this is not set, then KDE > > > >clears all X resources. What I would like is to get KDE just to > > > >leave the X resources alone, or to get them from > > > >/etc/X11/Xresources. Is this possible? > > > > > > > >By the way, Gnome is peculiar: sometimes it clears the X resources, > > > >and sometimes it leaves them alone. I haven't figured out yet what > > > >the controlling variable is. Does anybody know? > > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > >Eric > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- ******************************** Eric Nodwell Ph.D. candidate Department of Physics University of British Columbia tel: 604-822-5425 fax: 604-822-4750 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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