Another possibility is VNC.
VNC is at at&t's website http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ Its purpose is create a session between a client and a server allowing the client to control the server. A pukka X server will allow you to run multiple apps on the local and remote machine, so VNC is not quite the same. But it does allow a win* machine to control a Unix one and vice versa which is neat. That's its main purpose I think. When you run an app you are running it on the remote station and viewing that machine's (virtual) screen. -- ******************************************************************************** All mail sent and received may be examined to prevent transmission of inappropriate attachments and certain obscenities. Wellington College does not accept responsibility for email contents. Problems to postmaster@wellington-college.berks.sch.uk. ********************************************************************************
Hi Derek, all, You're confusing me now. What do you mean by being able to run apps locally and remotely? I have a number of windows users who use VNCview to access a Linux box connecting to larry:50 which then gives them a kdm logon. What is the difference (apart from the actual underlying network protocol) between that and me connecting using X-Win32 from one of my windows boxes? Gary On Wednesday 05 September 2001 9:40 am, Grainge, Derek wrote:
Another possibility is VNC.
VNC is at at&t's website http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
Its purpose is create a session between a client and a server allowing the client to control the server. A pukka X server will allow you to run multiple apps on the local and remote machine, so VNC is not quite the same.
But it does allow a win* machine to control a Unix one and vice versa which is neat. That's its main purpose I think. When you run an app you are running it on the remote station and viewing that machine's (virtual) screen.
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Gary Stainburn wrote:
Hi Derek, all, You're confusing me now. What do you mean by being able to run apps locally and remotely? I have a number of windows users who use VNCview to access a Linux box connecting to larry:50 which then gives them a kdm logon. What is the difference (apart from the actual underlying network protocol) between that and me connecting using X-Win32 from one of my windows boxes?
X-Win32 costs money or keeps nagging you to pay for it! ;-) Seriously, you'd be much better off running a 'proper' X server (e.g. Cygwin/XFree86) than VNC. VNC is designed for extremely thin devices (e.g. palmtop devices, washing machine control panels etc.) and introduces a very unnecessary extra server processing and bandwidth load when used in place of the X protocol. Since you're not using the special features of VNC (e.g. the ability to move displays while retaining state) you would be better off with straightforward X Windows. Michael
Seriously, you'd be much better off running a 'proper' X server (e.g. Cygwin/XFree86) than VNC. VNC is designed for extremely thin devices (e.g. palmtop devices, washing machine control panels etc.) and introduces
Also VNC is effectivly an "rconsole" protocol.
a very unnecessary extra server processing and bandwidth load when used in place of the X protocol. Since you're not using the special features of VNC (e.g. the ability to move displays while retaining state) you would be better off with straightforward X Windows.
You can't easily do the equivalent of "X -query <IP>" or "X -broadcast" either... -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763
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