> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have read some materials on VNC web site. > I learned that there are really some differences > between Windows and Linux graphic termial service. > > For example, on Windows only one graphic login is > permitted. And on Windows more than one person can > share the same desktop as VNC does. VNC Viewer does not > really login but transmit desktop snapshots and events. > But on Linux, allowing more than one person graphic > mode login is possible but share the same desktop is impossible!
There are some terms that needs to be specified here: Console: the terminal (keyboard and display, optionally mouse) where the boot and system messages are displayed. This one is hooked to the machine or even build into it. Desktop: What you see in front of you. M$Windows, this needs to be at the console, for unix, there is no need, it might even not be possible. With vnc, on both unix and M$Windows, you get a desktop inside your vncviewer. SInce M$Windows can only serve one desktop (the one at the console) it is the desktop of the console you get from these vncservers. On unix on the other hand, the default is that you get a fresh, new desktop. > > But I do not find any materials about why more than > one person can not share the same desktop on Linux. > Is it because the kernel of Linux graphic terminal > service? I am interested in this topic and want to > learn more about it. On linux, more than one person can share the same desktop. Thats why you cannot find any materials why more than one person cannot share the same desktop. If you mixed desktop and console and need to know why you cannot see the console in a vnc-session, then the major reason is that the origional development was the other way round: it started the way it is on unix but that could not be done at M$Windows. Currently, there are many ways to get to the console with vnc. However, not on all systems. > > Do you have some materials about it? > Or some suggestions? > http://xf4vnc.sourceforge.net/ http://www.hexonet.de/software/x0rfbserver/ http://www.tjansen.de/krfb/ there are more... CBee _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
