Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:41:37 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sharing desktop witn VNC Message-ID: <DEBBCABE-0425-4585-8C55-FCE1D4BD4A85@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <433368F5.5000507@ywave.com> References: <20050923011331.GC12028@teddy.fas.com> <433368F5.5000507@ywave.com>
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On Sep 22, 2005, at 7:31 PM, Micah wrote:
>
>
> 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
Running ssh -C is wise as it compresses the ssh stream. I don't
suggest straight VNC as it's all plaintext data going across a
network, where using port forwarding via SSH would decrease your
problems to near nil in terms of someone sniffing your traffic.
-Garrett
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