The problem is that VNC, on *nix systems, will always use a display number for access by applications. If one drops the display number for the VNC client connections, then we'll have *two* unrelated IDs for the VNC server - the display number, and the VNC ID, whatever that might be (port perhaps?).
In the *nix world, using display number for both the applications and the VNC client makes sense. (Xvnc actually has three ports based on the display number: 5800+display, 5900+display, and 6000+display. The last one is the port used by applications to connect to the server.) I agree it doesn't make much sense in the Windows-only world; however, when connecting to *nix systems (from any system) it does make sense, and (in my opinion) should not be removed. Perhaps what we need is a way to explicitly specify the VNC port (the 580x/590x) on both the client and server. Connections to non-*nix systems could then use that. According to Alex K. Angelopoulos: > OK, let's drop the word "traditional" then. > > Let's make it: > "I would dearly love to see a method of dealing with display and port > numbers which does not confuse the bejeezus out of new users." > > Follow-ups | /dev/null > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott "The Axe" O'Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, 2002-03-19 19:28 > Subject: RE: The Next Generation display numbers > > > : I think it was taken off of the Unix display model, which some would > : argue IS the traditional way of exporting a display. :) Just food for > : though. > : > : -----Original Message----- > : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alex K. > : Angelopoulos > : Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:30 AM > : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Subject: VNC:The Next Generation display numbers > : > : FWIW, if this hasn't been discussed - I would dearly love to see VNC go > : to a > : more "traditional" approach in numbering displays - e.g., using a port > : number for specification of ports used instead of an arbitrary display > : number based on 5900... this causes too many headaches. > : --------------------------------------------------------------------- > : To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > : 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > : See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > : --------------------------------------------------------------------- > : --------------------------------------------------------------------- > : To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > : 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > : See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > : --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Grant McDorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sr. Software Design Consultant Cedara Software Corp. <URL:http://www.cedara.com> (formerly I.S.G. Technologies Inc.) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada [demime 0.97b removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
