Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 20:34:48 -0700 From: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV (Bruce A. Mah) To: rjent@rjent.pair.com Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Xwindows sessions from Windoze95? Message-ID: <199809150334.UAA03907@stennis.ca.sandia.gov> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 14 Sep 1998 19:13:47 MDT." <199809150031.UAA14510@relay.pair.com>
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--==_Exmh_-861705088P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, RJEnt wrote: > I am interested in haveing several users run an X sesion (on a FreeBSD 2.2.6 > box running the X11R6 it > shipped with) from there Win95 boxes. I know two unix boxes can do this. I > know that the win95 boxes will > need some kind of client software and I read about VNC but concluded that it > was only for a single > session I think, plus I needed there server software from what I could gather > . I have no experience in this > and see lots of possibilties if it would work. I would like to continue to u > se the X11R6 on the BSD server if > possible. I need to have access for about 50 stations to start. vnc should work well for what you want to do (if I understand you correctly). It sounds like you want to have several users, some of whom are using Win95, concurrently working on a single X display. vnc will do this, but you will need to specify that you want the session "shared" when you start the vnc client (i.e. "vncviewer -shared ..."). The vnc port will install both the client and server programs. If you download the Win95 binary distribution, you also get client and server functionality. For more information, look on their web page (listed in the port description). One interesting difference between the UNIX and Win95 versions is that the UNIX server shares a completely new X display, whereas under Win95, the server shares the existing desktop. (As a side note, I prefer both these models of collaboration to the way NetMeeting does things, which gives you a "two consoles chained at the hip" approach to sharing applications.) Play around with this, and if you have have any questions, drop a note to me or to freebsd-questions (one hint: -questions is probably more appropriate than -net). In theory, I'm now the port maintainer, but I did a boo-boo when I missed an upgrade that broke the port...thanks to whomever fixed it. Cheers, Bruce. --==_Exmh_-861705088P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNf3gV6jOOi0j7CY9AQEgwAP8CD41eTeiAbnjl3w/fSfJ54bWSbd3VWuO nWgIwFYrt3L5v2KMLTQzVJjlUJ9NaycEZKV6ZHXSHbzO0m4hZeD8YaZWGHhUewgz enY8eadjYNgehZ3nEO/O4RLwXHHbxJs0RVZFEocKVXE1938rAn98fNXLT2S4BaST fFOGfVV4odM= =0Eio -----END PGP MESSAGE----- --==_Exmh_-861705088P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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