Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:46:56 -0500 From: Ken Stevenson <ken@abbott.allenmyland.com> To: Aaron Dalton <aaron@daltons.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with X11 Forwarding Message-ID: <20060115194656.GA32398@abbott.allenmyland.com> In-Reply-To: <43CAA384.9030703@daltons.ca> References: <43CA8534.4010306@daltons.ca> <20060115192747.GA32153@abbott.allenmyland.com> <43CAA384.9030703@daltons.ca>
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On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 12:33:24PM -0700, Aaron Dalton wrote: > Ken Stevenson wrote: > > > >I'm new to FreeBSD, so I may be off base, but I use vncserver on my > >FreeBSD box when I need an X session. Then I just setup Putty to forward > >port 5900 to 127.0.0.0:5901, make an ssh connection to my FreeBSD server, > >run > >UltraVNC on my Windows box and connect to localhost. > > > > Thanks for your reply! I have been told VNC is a good way to go as > well, but some have mentioned some performance issues. What have you > found? It works liveably well? > It works great for me. I have a pretty fast internet connection (cable modem). One thing I like about it is the session doesn't end when you disconnect. You can start a long running process like cvsup, disconnect, and come back later to check on it. Unlike when you vnc to a Windows box, you don't get the X session that's on the local workstation, you get a new one. If you need to connect to the primary X session, like for remote support, there's a version of VNC in the ports for that too (xvnc?). -- Ken Stevenson Allen-Myland Inc.
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