On Mon, 20 May 2002 12:17:49 -0700 Eric Nodwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> James, > > I'll give tightvnc a try when I have a bit of time. Looks good from > the web site. > > cheers, > Eric Good luck with it. My luck so far has been excellent. I've tried it down to 56k over the net and although 56k is slow it is still doable. Just feels like an old 386. Over a LAN or broadband to broadband it's hard to remember your running remote. James > > > 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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