Hello Garry, I have some vnc-extensions in mind and have made a new project page available: http://vnc4e.my-vserver.de/ status: planning perhaps this could be interesting for you,though. regards Roland
ps: for making X available over slow links, there is a new product: NoMachine NX. i have just "testdrived" that an it looks very promising ! http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1896631&forum_id=2544 pricing seems to be not too bad.... > On Wednesday 26 Mar 2003 11:14 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi > > > > > On Tuesday 25 Mar 2003 11:44 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know how to configure vnc so that a vncserver is star > ted > > > > > = > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > demand when a user requests a connection? I am using Mandrake 9. > > > > > > > > The ltsp vnc ssh contributed section shows exactly how this can be > done > > > > > > I have followed this already and can only get a connection if i start > > > a=20 vncserver first. How do you actually start the vncserver? > > > > Gary my howto does not mention the case of starting vncserver first. > > Did you do the etc/services > > and etc/xinetd.d/vnc > > as described? > > > > Are you running init 5 as described ? > > > > It works in multitudes of places, if yours does not start spelunk the l > ogs. > > Can you start an X session ? > > > > James > > I'm sorry to keep at this but may i have one last try? My students are ab > le to > use vnc from home on windows desktops and view their x desktops at school > . We > are using tightVNC tunnelled through SSH. At the moment they have to log > in > using SSH once to start a vncserver and get their desktop number. Then th > ey > have to log in again using this number to forward the correct port before > > starting a vncviewer. They log into a LTSP server so all the necessary po > rts > are already open. My goal is to allow them to request a connection on the > > first attempt and to get a desktop automatically assigned to them. ie to > eliminate the need to explicitly start a vnc server. It is not feasible > because of the number of students to allow a permanent vnc session for ea > ch. > regards > garry > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! > NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte l�cheln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
