Hi Ehud, Is there any reason why you don't just use the standard VNC Server options to disable user-input and get a view-only desktop?
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ehud Karni > Sent: 02 August 2006 18:27 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: using VNC display(s) to generate images on a webserver > > On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:39:03 +0100, James Weatherall > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Out of interest, why do you need a -viewonly argument, if > you're never going > > to use the actual VNC functionality of the server? Why not > just disable > > incoming VNC connections instead? > > There is a misunderstanding. The virtual X display created by > the VNC on > Linux is served to many clients (mostly M$ windows) simultaneously. > The view only argument saves me from using an intermediate server just > to prevent user from interfering with the display. > > Ehud. > > > -- > Ehud Karni Tel: +972-3-7966-561 /"\ > Mivtach - Simon Fax: +972-3-7966-667 \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Insurance agencies (USA) voice mail and X Against HTML Mail > http://www.mvs.co.il FAX: 1-815-5509341 / \ > GnuPG: 98EA398D <http://www.keyserver.net/> Better Safe Than Sorry > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
