Don wrote - Where do I find the win client for that? You already have VNC on the windows boxes haven't you?
KDE's Remote Desktop Connection on your Linux box will connect to vnc service on any windows box. I usually connect to computername:0 then type the password and bingo, there is the user's desktop you wanted to see. It is, as stated by others, slower than rdesktop for example but it does what you want. As far as I know, it is standard in KDE. Regards, Robert Some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue. -----Original Message----- From: Don Gould [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2004 10:23 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: vnc desktop... 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----- >
