Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:38:56 -0500 From: "Jeffrey Lanthripp" <jlanthripp@telocity.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Questions in regards to VNC, remote management tool. Message-ID: <NFBBIOPPKLDOKEKJLLOOGEJFCBAA.jlanthripp@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <000b01c17b73$a54d8120$0300a8c0@jayyness.com>
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Totally Jayyness wrote: > I am pretty familiar with VNC on the M$ side of things... > > I have a FreeBSD 4.4 box set up at work and can manage it via SSH. Thought > I would install VNC and check that out and see how it worked on Unix... was > able to get it installed and logged in without much trouble. I was only at > the command line, though, since I hadn't set up an Xserver or XClient yet, I > figured I would so I could get a graphical window via VNC. > > So I used /stand/sysinstall to try to set up my Xserver (had to use command > line mode since I couldn't get a graphical display) and then installed KDE. > > I log in with VNC again, am at command line... run startx but I don't think > my Xserver is set up right. > > Anyway, my question is, you CAN use VNC to view your Xdesktop if you have it > installed and running correctly, correct? > From what I've been able to deduce in my short-lived experience with VNC on *nix, VNC server acts as sort of an independent X display, outputting to the VNC client. Unlike VNC server on a MS machine, which allows you to control the same desktop seen locally, VNC on *nix starts another desktop. I believe the default window manager that it uses is twm. Whenever I would open a VNC session to a *nix box, I got a nice vanilla twm desktop with one xterm window. Not very pretty or fancy, but enough to "get stuff done". I still prefer ssh for remote administration of my unix boxen, but of course your mileage may vary. Jeff Lanthripp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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