[NBLUG/talk] VNC on Linux

[E Frank Ball]

On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:43:04PM -0700, Kyle Rankin wrote:
} On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:35:54PM -0700, Dave Rohling wrote:
} > Hey guys,
} > 
} > 	Is anyone aware if VNC can show my currently displayed desktop, as
} > opposed to opening a new X session?
} > 
} > Thanks,
} > 
} > Dave Rohling
} > Network Administrator
} > Clover Stornetta Farms, Inc.
} > 
} 
} You want an app called "rfb" which will export your current display.  I
} think there's some client called "x0rfb" as well.

rfb is a vnc which uses :0.

As anybody seen an application for sharing a single window rather than
an entire X session?

In the redhat 7.1 powertools there is a package rfb (requires xclass
from powertools too).

It contains:
/usr/bin/x0rfbserver
/usr/bin/xplayfbs
/usr/bin/xrfbviewer
/usr/share/man/man1/x0rfbserver.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xplayfbs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrfbviewer.1.gz

Installed without errors on RedHat 7.2 and 9, but I can't get it to work
right.  It has windows that come up, but they won't let me type anything
into the blanks.  The server can start, but I can't connect to it with
the xrfbviewer client.  rpmfind.net had a newer mandrake rpm, but it
won't install.

The server won't accept the -shared option, but it seems to default to
that.  Since the dialog windows don't work I can't set a password, but I
can connect to the server with a standard VNC viewer client.  So it
sorta works.

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   E Frank Ball                frankb at efball.com