Thanks Robert, Where do I find the win client for that?
If I could find some old fassioned floppy disks around here I'd get busy and patition the disk in this machine and get RH9 on it as well.... I finally found my pat magic cd last night (not the version 8 that I bought last year :( but I think version 4 will do - and before someone suggests some wonderful oss thing, I know how to drive pat magic and trust it to do the right thing:) The idea of going and buying some new floppies makes me shiver :) Cheers Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 9:13 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: vnc desktop... > > > Read My Lips! > > KDE's Remote Desktop Connection will do what you want Don. I > use it for the > purpose you want - to see the remote user's desktop. > > When I do not want to see the remote user's desktop I use rdesktop > > Regards, Robert > Some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue. > > -----Original Message----- > From: C. Falconer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2004 9:03 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: vnc desktop... > > I don't get it... > > What app could you be running Don that means you need to see the whole > screen? > > For example - I can access email from sylpheed, evolution, > squirrelmail all > at the same time, because its on an imap server. I run my IRC session > inside screen, so that I can disconnect and reconnect from > elsewhere if I > want to. > > As previously stated - video sucks over VNC, so it can't be that. > > Or am I missing the point? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2004 1:30 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: vnc desktop... > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Don Gould wrote: > | When I use VNC on a win pc I get the desktop that the user sees. > | > | When I use VNC on a nix pc I don't get the desktop the user sees, I > | get a different one.... > | > | I want to see what the current logged on user is seeing. > | > | What's the simplest way to do this? > | > | I want to be able to view it from my win98 laptop. > | > | Cheers Don > > Ah hah! I've got it. > > The problem is that to get it to do what you want to do, you > either have to > install something like x11vnc to export a "live" desktop. Or > do it as I'll > try to illustrate here whereby you never login to a "live" > desktop, but > you're always logging in to a vncsession, even when you login > locally. This > means that local video performance is pretty much going to > suck but will > provide the functionality that you're looking for. > > The most important thing for your .vncrc is that you better have a > $vncStartup line in there, otherwise vnc will try to run your > .xsession, and > end up in a horrible loop (with my quick fix code anyway.... > 25 desktops and > no cpu later I figured that out.) > > For the .xsession we first see if we're running a vncserver, > if not, start > one, change to a lower res, run the viewer, change back to > the old res when > the viewer exits, if the user has logged out from gnome, kill > the vncserver > so we dont get a blank desktop next time we try to login. > > The most annoying thing here is if you logout from gnome, and > endup with a > blank desktop users could get confused as you then have to > hit F8, Quit > Viewer, or ctrl-alt-bksp to get out. > > If you just ctrl-alt-bksp your desktop will keep running in > the vncserver, > if you F8 and Quit the viewer again it will keep running > nicely and in both > instances you'll be back at your login screen. > > - --- ~/.vncrc ------------ > $vncStartup = "/usr/bin/gnome-session"; > $geometry = "1024x768"; > $depth = "16"; > - -- end ------------------ > > > - --- ~/.xsession --------- > #!/bin/sh > > # Are we running a vncserver? If so whats its display. > VNCDISPLAY=`ps x | > grep Xrealvnc | cut -c 37-39 | grep ^:` > > # If we're not, lets start one and find out what display its on. if [ > "X$VNCDISPLAY" == "X" ]; then > ~ vncserver > ~ VNCDISPLAY=`ps x | grep Xrealvnc | cut -c 37-39 | grep ^:` > fi > > # I want vnc fullscreen no border, so make this the same res > as set in # > your ~/.vncrc xrandr -s 1024x768 > > # Run the vncviewer > xvncviewer -passwd ~/.vnc/passwd $VNCDISPLAY -fullscreen \ > -shared -truecolour > > # See if gnome is still running. > GNOME=`ps x | grep gnome-session | grep -v grep` > > # If gnome has exited, kill the vncserver. > if [ "X$GNOME" == "X" ]; then > ~ vncserver -kill $VNCDISPLAY > fi > > # back to the standard desktop resolution. > xrandr -s 1600x1200 > > - -- end ------------------ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFAq2FFL43IewNc8hIRAhsyAKCTwWpG/5J4WHhCDKeOPcnvxWxtRgCdEn23 > UzQl2RkV6CZQI3VrASH4ThA= > =ofxt > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
