On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 10:15, Damon Register wrote:
J Lake wrote:
The writer is probably correct that sharing display 0 using VNC CAN be done. I have not tried that. I got an error about an X server already running on
So far everyone is dancing around the subject. Sr. Sanchez, are you trying to connect to the host's main desktop :0 as I am? Connecting to any other desktop is of no value to me. According to http://www.realvnc.com/how.html, "For the individual user, one common scenario is using VNC to help troubleshoot the computer of a distant less-technically-savvy relative. In other words, sitting at your desk in Baltimore, you could use VNC to take control of your mother's PC in London and show her how to install and use some new software package by actually doing it yourself." Connecting to any other desktop besides :0 doesn't accomplish this.
It seems at this point that serving :0 can't be done with VNC alone. I found that on the realvnc website. One person mentioned xf4vnc and that looks promising but also rather complicated so I will have to research that more
Damon Register
The package to have installed in order to share your :0 display is kdenetwork-vnc. This will provide Internet-->Tools-->Desktop Sharing which will open a dialog to allow you to share your desktop. I have used this in the past and it works. When you launch the program it will display a window with a password that will be good for one hour. This means you have up to one hour to make the connection, it does NOT mean you can only connect for an hour. Once connected you can stay connected for as long as you like. The other program mentioned in this thread is Rdesktop which is used to connect to a MS NT (or above) OS running remote desktop services. It never hurts to do a little research on your own as well. How easy we have it today with search engines like Google. -- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2)