[ale] VNC and remonte control Linux

Christopher Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Wed Mar 12 14:18:42 EST 2003


Automatic?

How do I turn it off :(

On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 14:15, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 March 2003 08:15 am, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > There was a discussion about vnc here a long time back along those
> > lines. Essential, vnc displays the only screen in a M$ environment, but
> > *nix gets a new screen unless special steps are taken. I don't remember
> > the details of hand, but it involved possibly the use of the screen
> > command coupled with xdm/kdm/gdm. It was good for remote access, but the
> > console user had to jump through hoops to make it work.
> 
> This is automatic in KDE 3.1.  It has a built in vnc server, so your 
> desktop is always available.  Doesn't seem to slow things down at all, as 
> I feared.
> 
> Michael
> 
> > Try a google search on the ALE archives.
> >
> > On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 08:07, David Hamm wrote:
> > > Has anyone used VNC to take control of a remote X desktop session on a
> > > Linux box?  I'd like to show a remote user how to do something and VNC
> > > only seems to give me a new desktop I can't take control of the user's
> > > desktop.
> > >
> > > David Hamm
> > > Imaging Technologies Services, Inc.
> > > 655 Lambert Drive
> > > Atlanta, GA 30324
> > > dhamm at itserve.com
> > > 404-888-6337
> > >
> > >
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