Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:31:17 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: stan <stanb@panix.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sharing desktop witn VNC Message-ID: <433368F5.5000507@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <20050923011331.GC12028@teddy.fas.com> References: <20050923011331.GC12028@teddy.fas.com>
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stan wrote: > I'm trying to use tighvnc to "share" a desktop with a friend, > for educational purposes. > > I've been able to run vncserver on my local machine, and > connect to it with vncviewer. I've also been able to ssh to his > machine (with X forwarding turned on) and do the same thing, but > this is really slow. > > In the case of his FreebSD machine I just got the simple session > that xstart produces. > > How can I star vncserver on his FreebSD machine, such that I get > a full blown KDE desktop? This is BTW what he gets when he logs in > via kdm. Is there a way to share an already running > X session with vnc? Or do I have to start a new session using vncserver? KDE provides a VNC server that allows you to connect to an already running KDE session. From the KDE control center select "Internet & Network" --> "Desktop Sharing". Adjust the settings to your liking. I've had keyboard problems with it when connecting from the RealVNC client (massively repeated characters making it impossible to type anything). Later, Micah
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