Frank Piron wrote:
> Am Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:13:28 +0100 schrieb Frank van Bortel
> <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net>:
>
>> [snip]
>>
>> But VNC does nothing more or less than controlling
>> the screen, does it? That would still require a GUI
>> running on the server side.
>>
> VNC comes with it's own X-Server. So all you see if
> you connect to vnc is an x-term. But there is no need
> of an additional X-server on the (database) server side.
>
> After vnc is installed you may connect to the server
> with telnet and type:
>
> $ vncserver [maybe additional options]
>
> Then you start vncviewer from your win32 machine
> and connect to vnc. As an alternative you may contact
> the vncserver with your web browser. This is an option
> if you install vnc. You simply have to put a java class
> somewhere on the CLASSPATH.
Thanks - was not aware of that.
What would the display variable be, then? You know,
xhost+; display=[ip-address/port]. You own (vncviewer)
ip, or the one vncserver uses?
vnc sure changed the web site...
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Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Tue Jan 18 2005 - 11:01:41 CST
