As a "consolation" prize, an X11-based vncserver (I got one via Fink) *does* allow what you
want. Though, you don't get aqua, only X11. So he can sort-of have, like, use his Mac like
a Linux box while one lucky user gets to use Aqua (and also, simultaneously, X11, if desired).
Oh, and I have found multiple X11 vncservers to run successfully concurrently with OSXvnc.
So, in a way, OS X is the very best VNC platform in existence! (The X11 vncviewer rocks on
OS X, too!)
Unless one counts Linux, with KDE desktop sharing, which I haven't gotten to work successfully
on Red Hat 9, except via use of Konquerer as VNC viewer. Maybe x0rfbserver all by itself
would work well on Linux, but I can't find it anywhere any more!!!! (Sorry for the
digression.)
-Kurt Lloyd, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Start of thread:
>Hi, first off, the last Mac OS I touched was 7.5.3 on an old PB 190c, so I am a little out of
> touch - please forgive my ignorance. I am trying to find something out for a friend who is
> thinking about buying a new G5, once Panther is out. In conversations, I told him about how I
> use my Linux machine at home remotely and have at least two independent sessions running as
> two different users (the wife likes to have KDE, even when she sits on her windows machine).
> Server running is tightvnc, standard Mandrake install. each user starts a vnc server and picks
> a display number, connections are great (from the outside through an ssh tunnel, writing this
> email like that right now from the office). My friend now asked me if, once he forks out the
> cash for a new G5, he can have his family share the joy in a similar fashion without fighting
> for the keyboard or the mouse pointer. They have windows machines throughout the house, so
> they could all log in simultaneously. I found various references about sharing the main
> display on OSX (just like vncserver on windows), but nothing along the lines of multiple users
> running independent vnc screens simultaneously. So , even after searching the list archives
> here, I could not find anything and therefore ask the question: is it possible or do I
> misunderstand the underlying BSD core of OSX in that respect? Also, since I have never even
> *seen* a machine running OSX, I would prefer a brief explanation of Mac-relevant terms, if
> used. And yes, the next step would, of course, be to create an account for myself on my
> friend's machine so I can take part in the joy.
>Thanks Sven
Jonathan Gillaspie wrote:
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 07:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Subject: Re: OSX and multiple vnc displays
The short answer is "Not yet."
The longer answer is that it hasn't been done yet, since it currently *can't* be done. However, the new multi-user functionality of Panther (Mac OS X 10.3) could open the way to this functionality. It would require some server side code changes (probably non-trivial ones).
Unfortunately, although Panther (Mac OS X 10.3) does offer a new "User Switching" Feature, ala Windows XP. All indications from the pre-releases are that there is still only a SINGLE Window Server. In effect this means that although multiple users can be logged in, only one GUI is available - so an X11 like configuration (where multiple users each have simultaneously running GUI's) is still not possible for OS X.
-- Jonathan Gillaspie Redstone Software, Inc. Eggplant: Cross Platform Testing and Automation Solutions http://www.redstonesoftware.com
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