VNC: I have personally used Xvnc (http://www.csd.uwo.ca/staff/magi/doc/vnc/xvnc.html) as a X server with automatic login. I used to connect to this machine via a SSH forwarded port (5900), just make sure you have enough bandwidth to support your resolutions, etc.. I am currently using TightVNC 1.35 on the windows side (mirage driver rocks), and this should be interchangeable with VNC on the *nix side. NX: I have also used nomachine's NX client to connect to VNC and X servers alike with a good deal of success. I had nomachine's nx server installed, before their change to charging for it. It required some setup, but was fairly well documented. I recently upgraded to Rick Stout's nx builds (http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/)succesfully, however I repeatedly get disconnected and cannot resume (even after changing the nx suspend/resume options). At this time, I prefer TightVNC over FreeNX. And to answer your question, you need Xvnc to automatically login the user. Check out http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5499 for how to setup the autologin stuff. If you really want dig further, the article mentions "x0rfbserver", a bit older program and hard to find, but works just as well. On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:33:24 -0500, Ben Sheron <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am using FC1. I have gotten the vncserver package to run on it, but I > am wondering if there is a way to make this behave more like the Windoze > RDP feature, ie I log myself in with a few programs running, and RDP in > remotely and have access to my desktop the way I left it. It seems like > it should be possible to set vncserver to do this, but I'm not sure > how. Also, is there a Gnome applet that I can use to control this and > that will function on FC1? (Due to some other apps I cannot upgrade my > box.) > > While I'm on the subject, is anyone aware of a better remote desktop > alternative for Linux? VNC has worked OK for me on my local network, > but going out over my cable modem it lags terribly. Is there any way to > maybe emulate the other RDP features, such as the ability to play sound > from a remote machine locally? Something cross platform would be nice, > as I would be accessing my box from a Windoze machine. I've Googled but > haven't found much. Just thought I'd ask. > > Thanks for any info. > > Ben > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
