Kewl! That's exactly what I want...
I guess I have to activate this on the concole do I? Any 'gotyas' that I should know about before wasting an hour with it or should I expect it to be straight forward? Cheers Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 10:28 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: vnc desktop... > > > 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----- > > >
