> > Hi people, > Is there any way I can use my x desktop remotely? > > Using it first hand is impractical because speech will not > read it, but here > on my laptop (windows XP), I've heard it's possible to run an > x desktop, and > listen to music. > > How would I do this please? > > Cheers, The vnc program, which comes with FC4 can display the UNIX X desktop on a PC (or other Unix box or a PC desktop on a UNIX box). Downloads and full documentation can be found at: http://www.realvnc.com You have a couple of choices to make. If you just start the VNC server you will get a clean X desktop when you use the VNC client. If you want to see what is actually showing on your monitor and drive the Linux box from the window box, you need to make 4 changes: 1. In /etc/X11/xorg.conf find Section "Module". Add the line Load "vnc" and it will look something like this: Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" Load "dri" Load "vnc" EndSection 2. Still in /etc/X11/xorg.conf find Section "Screen" Add the line Option "passwordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd" It will look a little like this one: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection Option "passwordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd" EndSection 3. Logged in as you, run the "vncpasswd" command. It will create $HOME/.vnc/passwd 4. Log in as root and run the vncpasswd command again. If you are already logged in, the password you specified for $HOME/.vnc/passwd will be used. At the login screen the password you specified for /root/.vnc/passwd will be used. Log out to the Fedora login screen to restart the X server and pick up the changes. On your PC, you will need the PC vnc client program downloaded from http://www.realvnc.com There are a couple of other vnc clones which also work. You also can route a vnc connection through an ssh shell, but that is for another discussion. ------------------------------------------- As for music, if you play music on your fedora box, it will use the sound card on that box and come out of the speakers attached to that box. This is probably not what you want. You need to ftp the files to the local machine to listen to them. Bob Styma
