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This is a FAQ on the VNC site. There is a way to do it, but, as stated, that was not the original intent.
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On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 22:07, David Snyder wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Gordon Forsythe wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Each VNC session does start it's own X Session - you're right on that. </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>IMHO it's better than the windows counterpart, which uses the one GUI </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>and you're interacting w/your actual desktop.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Frankly I wouldn't worry about the fact you're not interacting w/your </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>visible desktop - unless you want to do this for one reason or another. </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Personally I think it's better that another X session is started up </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>because it is taking advantage of the multi-user environment of </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Linux/BSD. This is not to say there isn't some funky command line </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>switches for VNCServer somewhere. I personally haven't delved into that </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>just yet.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>It's fun to play with that's for sure! [:-)] Too bad the framerates </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>on Unreal Tournament and Q3A suck as another member quipped. I'd like </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>to try it just for laughs. Considering they use the local 3D hardware </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>for rendering/accelleration I'm curious...</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>And that Tyan mobo Sean mentioned - SWEET. I'm hoping to get my hands </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>on an ASUS A7M266-D when I land a job.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>David</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>In relation to this, I started messing with running vnc on my linux box</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>yesterday, but I can't figure out how to get it to use the desktop that's</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>already up and running, that way once I get to the box, I can continue doing</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>whatever I was doing right on that screen. Every time I run vncserver, it</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>starts up a new X session.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>I hope that made sense.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Gordon</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>-----Original Message-----</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>From: clue-tech-admin@clue.denver.co.us</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>[mailto:clue-tech-admin@clue.denver.co.us]On Behalf Of David Snyder</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 11:08 PM</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>To: clue-tech@clue.denver.co.us</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] KVM (Keyboard, Video, mouse) switch or ???? via</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>Linux</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>Kevin Cullis wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>Personally I still prefer KVM switches....seeing boot messages is</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>helpful when things go badly. My Belkin KVM works wonderfully on</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>Windows, BSD, and Linux. Cabling is costly though.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>Linux can be run "Headless" as you said. You can telnet/ssh into the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>other boxes and get full command line functionality. In addition to</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>this, you can also fire up Xwindows applications if you're currently in</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>Xwindows by opening an Xterm, ssh/connect into the other machine, and</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>run whatever X application.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>VNC can also help you do this. Check the man pages for vncconnect,</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>vncpasswd, vncserver, and vncviewer. I would strongly urge anyone not</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>to run VNC on a firewall machine though.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>I hope I've been able to answer your question.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>Regards,</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>David</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>>Hi all,</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>>Jef Barnhardt said he knows how you don't have to use KVM switches to</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>>view other machines on one moniter because of the X Server. Does anyone</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>>else know how to do this?</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>>This way is another reason to save money with Linux.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>>>Kevin</FONT></FONT></I>
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