On Sunday 15 June 2008 11:18:51 pm A S wrote:
I finally got a connection tonight using both openSUSE systems...
http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/20080615_vnc_success.jpg
...it wouldn't connect - even with all firewalls open and a password set - until I'd clicked "allow connection" on the remote side.
This is odd, since I often connect to one or more openSUSE computers at work from Vista.
http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/vmware_xp_remote_suse_1680x1050.jp g
(That's actually me using VMWare to run XP, which is connecting to my Vista machine at work via RDP and then connecting to my openSUSE desktop via VNC.)
I've not used VNC in awhile - FreeNX allows a graphical login over SSH2 - more secure than VNC, and in my experience, much faster. Plus, it's -alot- easier to setup and manage.
The FreeNX server may already be installed an your system; you can use the nomachine.org's free clients to connect to your server..
I had forgotten about that - hadn't used it in about four years. Yes, the server is installed by default and the client is easy to install with an RPM. It even puts a nice icon on the desktop. http://en.opensuse.org/FreeNX_Server_HOWTO The only thing I noticed - and I believe this is why I think I stopped using the client in the past - is that the client can't control the user's session. In other words, when I logged into my laptop from my work desktop http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/20080616_nxclient.jpg as myself, it instantiated a new session instead of assuming the existing session. I don't think I can "look over someone's shoulder" as they work. -- kai www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org