On Thu, 20 May 2004 01:44:46 +1200 Sascha Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----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 > > I just had another quick look at x11vnc and since I last tried it, its > working damn simply and damn well. > > Just login, start x11vnc and attach it to a running desktop, then > connect via vnc. No mess, no fuss, no local latency problems :) > > http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ > > Sascha well i can confirm that works, even slowly over a 128k connection. unfortunately it doesn't seem to ask for a password. i'll have to fix that. in the meantime the port forward has been disabled! if someone wants to do this in gentoo, the x11vnc binary is made when you emerge libvncserver > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFAq2THL43IewNc8hIRAkcQAJ9dLcSJ4VJFqxcCkDfuNn09F7oZqACffF8P > 3ed/XoO8/dCodQNbayyvJs4= > =UEnE > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
