Thanks for the advice. (Sorry I have not been by to reply; I have been a bit sick the last day or so...) My plan is to try and use VNC over an SSH tunnel, but I might try Cygwin too. I am trying to access this from school, so essentially I would be using a public terminal (with my own account of course). I'm still going to try, but I'm also taking a look at the NoMachine solution too. Thanks, Ben On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 23:21, Scot L. Harris wrote: > On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 22:33, Ben Sheron 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.) > > > > I suspect at present you get vncserver running by logging in to a shell > and manually starting it. > > What you want to do is configure vncserver to start at boot time. This > instance will continue to run even when you are not connected to it. > This allows you to connect via vnc, run programs, disconnect, then > reconnect later from the same remote location or from a different > location. > > This is setup under /etc/sysconfig/vncservers. follow the example in > that file to setup a session under your user account. You will need to > make sure that you have setup a password for vnc for that user, but > since you are already using it that should already be done. > > I am not sure about FC1 but I believe in FC2 and FC3 there is even a > startup script that can be used with chkconfig or the > redhat-config-services (for FC1) tool. > > I do not know of any gnome applets for this. But once you have it > configured and working you don't need to touch it normally. > > > 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. > > Personally I use X11 over ssh. I have my laptop setup with custom > launchers for the applications I want to run on remote systems. By > using ssh you get a couple of benefits, the login and connection are > encrypted and you can tunnel pretty much anything over ssh. And > depending on the speed of your computer you can enable compression which > can help the through put in some cases. > > And by just sending the windows of the particular programs you want to > run you reduce some of the overhead needed for sending the entire > desktop. > > You can get cgywin for windows which is a free X windows package for > windows. (it also gives you a unix like environment to work in if you > want.) I have also used Hummingbird which is a commercial X windows > package for Windows. > > As for sending the sound across I personally don't mess with sound on > the systems that often. And would be hard pressed to think of any > really good reasons to take up bandwidth with something like that. But > that is just my tone deaf opinion. :) > > And if you plan on using VNC outside your local LAN please read up on > how to tunnel it via ssh. VNC is not secure by itself. > > > -- > > Response brought to you by AutoReponder 0.1 > a product of Magic-8-ball productions. > (version 0.2 will feature correct answers!) >
