Benjamin Watkins said: > I am replying to the list so others can join in... > > At 03:43 PM 6/4/2003 , Russ Lewis wrote: >>Benjamin Watkins wrote: >>>I gather from your terminology that you are running VNC Viewer on a >>>Windows platform and Xvnc on a Unix-type platform. If this is the case, >>>it sounds like what you are looking for is an X-Server for Windows (or >>>whatever the viewing platform is). There are several ones available for >>>Windows, both free (including libre) and commercial. >> >>That is a typical setup for me, but so is Linux-viewing-Linux. I am >> aware >>of Windows X Servers (I've used both Cygwin and Exceed), but I want the >>applications I run to be usable simultaneously from multiple computers >> AND >>to be persistent when I close the viewer. So I need vnc, not a plain X >> server. > > It sounds like VNC may be the only way to accomplish this...
The standard XFree that comes with Linux distros can do it, but not with the requirement of persistence. [snip] > You may be able to get away with dedicating a display for each > application, > running without a Window Manager. If the application was opened (via a > geometry switch) to fill the entire VNC display, this could achieve > similar > results to what you need. Again, it would not be resizable (I believe) > and > it would not necessarily be named as you describe (though you could > configure the name when you define the display). > > That is all I can think of for now. Others may have more clever > suggestions. > > -Ben : ) This would be the only think I can think of too. Downsides: some programs to not operate correctly with a Window Manager, and you would have the overhead of many VNC servers. -- William Hooper _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
