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On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:07:07 -0600, Alvaro Zuniga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lo que est?y diciendo no es que uses TightVNC; mas bi?n, que trat?s de > ajust?r alg?na configuraci?n de los colores o compression para reduc?r > el datagrama. De esta manera, el programa tendr? una operaci?n mas > optimizada. Tal vez escrib? demasiadas babosadas en el mensaje. > > ------ > > I am not telling you to use TightVNC; I am simply suggesting to try to > adjust your color settings and compression options in order to reduce > the size of the datagram. In this manner, the program will be better > optimized. Maybe there was to much noise in my message. > > On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 10:53, Andrew Baudouin wrote: > > Si, claro. Gracias. > > > > Ya trato de instalar TightVNC, no funciona tan bueno como yo quiero. > > > > > > On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:48:54 -0600, Alvaro Zuniga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was giving you a hint about performance, is up to you to make yourself > > > a favor and use it. > > > > > > On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 09:48, Andrew Baudouin wrote: > > > > TightVNC is not the answer. I do not want to spawn multiple X servers > > > > just to VNC. I want to VNC into my currently running desktop. > > > > > > > > And Scott, I really appreciate your help thus far. Good man! > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:30:19 -0600, Alvaro Zuniga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the great tips Scott. > > > > > > > > > > I use tightVNC ever since John Herbert recommended this utility about > > > > > 3 > > > > > years ago right in front of the Hunan Restaurant on Sherwood Forest; > > > > > the > > > > > food was great. Went back a few weeks ago to relive once again relive > > > > > the moment of my discovery of tightVNC but the quality dropped > > > > > tremendously. I still will continue to use tightVNC though. > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I am not sure what x11vnc is. Due to the name of the client, > > > > > vncviewer, I imagine is a derivative of tightVNC. In any case, what I > > > > > wanted to mentioned is that you may want to play with the compression > > > > > and color settings, look at the man page. The performance is much > > > > > better > > > > > but you must find a balance between beauty and speed. > > > > > > > > > > I must confess that I get so frustrated with this applications that > > > > > sometimes I just drop the ssh tunnel and live in the edge for a little > > > > > while and change the password as soon as I am done. In fact, I think > > > > > this has become the rule. Scary but then again so is drinking a few > > > > > beers at the brlug meetings and driving home immediately after;-) > > > > > > > > > > An alternative to running a dedicated server is to simply ssh to the > > > > > box > > > > > and launch the vncserver when ever you need it. That what I do. It > > > > > only > > > > > takes me under a minute to get it going. > > > > > > > > > > good luck. > > > > > > > > > > Alvaro Zuniga > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 18:22, Scott Harney wrote: > > > > > > Andrew Baudouin wrote: > > > > > > > Is there anyone out there (echoes) who has set up a VNC server to > > > > > > > integrate to their desktop (that will run on their :0 display > > > > > > > rather > > > > > > > than setting up new X servers)? Hopefully with Gentoo experience? > > > > > > > > > > > > Do it all the time. > > > > > > emerge x11-misc/x11vnc (might be masked) > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ is the home page for the package. > > > > > > Also > > > > > > look at http://libvncserver.sf.net (emerge net-libs/libvncserver) > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's how I use it: > > > > > > clienthost_xterm_A $ ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > remotehost $ x11vnc -display :0 > > > > > > (output snipped. x11vnc is now waiting for a connection) > > > > > > clienthost_xterm_B $ vncviewer localhost::5900 > > > > > > This connects to your tunnelled ssh port to the remote VNC server > > > > > > running on :0. Obviously you can use any vnc viewer you are > > > > > > comfortable > > > > > > with. You can leave x11vnc running or even run it out of inetd but > > > > > > I > > > > > > don't think either is a good idea for security reasons. vnc > > > > > > passwords > > > > > > are insecure so the on-demand method I typically use just relies on > > > > > > ssh > > > > > > for authentication and encryption. > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's another scenario. > > > > > > clienthost_xterm_A $ ssh -L 5900:remote_natted_box:5900 \ > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > remotefirewall $ ssh remote_natted_box > > > > > > remote_natted_box $ x11vnc -display :0 > > > > > > (output snipped. x11vnc is now waiting for a connection) > > > > > > clienthost_xterm_B $ vncviewer localhost::5900 > > > > > > > > > > > > So you can ssh to a firewall and crate tunnels to machines behind > > > > > > them. > > > > > > Note that this works fine for Windows Term services (TCP port > > > > > > 3389) as > > > > > > well. You can tunnel multiple ports to multiple machines. Just do > > > > > > something like ssh -L5900:host1:5900 -L5901:host2:5900 remotefw . > > > > > > Then > > > > > > connection vncviewer to the appropriate port on localhost. man > > > > > > ssh_config to find out how to store these tunnels permanently in a > > > > > > config file so you don't have to type long command lines. > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's another one. You've got a remote machine that X has died on > > > > > > or > > > > > > you want to fire it up interactively on :0. > > > > > > clienthost_xterm_A $ ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > remote $ /etc/init.d/xdm start > > > > > > remote: $ sudo bash > > > > > > remote # x11vnc -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-oUSh -display :0N > > > > > > (the filename referenced here changes with any running instance of > > > > > > an X > > > > > > server so just use tab completion within bash) > > > > > > clienthost_xterm_B $ vncviewer localhost::5900 > > > > > > You can then disconnect and restart x11vnc as your normal user > > > > > > account > > > > > > after you log in to [x|g|k]dm . And of course :0 keeps on running > > > > > > so > > > > > > you can disconnect and reconnect as desired both remotely and > > > > > > locally > > > > > > (hint: make sure the sound volume is off if there are people > > > > > > around teh > > > > > > remote box :) ). > > > > > > > > > > > > x11vnc is like the X counterpart to the 'screen' terminal > > > > > > application. > > > > > > Very, very useful piece of software. And it builds and runs > > > > > > anywhere > > > > > > you run X so I've used it on various Linux distros, BSD's and > > > > > > Solaris. > > > > > > > > > > > > libvncserver also has another nifty example piece of software called > > > > > > LinuxVNC which exports the system text tty console over VNC. So > > > > > > yes, you > > > > > > can execute "startx" on the system console under LinuxVNC, > > > > > > diconnect, > > > > > > then fire up x11vnc to connect to the now running X session. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > General mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Adam Melancon Work: http://www.vermilion.lib.la.us Personal: http://www.melancon.org
