Hi John, Dont you still need an X windows server? How do you run vnc and a window manager without a x-windows server?
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Summerfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Simon Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:03 PM Subject: Re: IBM xSeries 335 and XFree86 > Simon Buchanan wrote: > > >Hi There, > > > >can someone please help me... Im going MAD. Im trying to install Oracle on > >an IBM xSeries 335. Todo so the Oracle installer needs X to run. I have run > >apt-get xserver etc etc etc and run thru the config.... It just wont run. > >Here is the XFree86-4 file: > > > > > >This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any > >way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted > >to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, > >please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository > >(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) > > > > > > > On servers and small boxes I like to run vnc, and for a wm my current > favourite is fvwm. > > This provides these advantages over your approach: > 1. You don't get to fight XFree86 configurations > 2. You can run headless. > 3. You can also run sans keyboard and mouse so avoiding the perils of > hotplugging non-hotpluggable devices (or trying to hide a keyboard). > 4, You get to specify the screen size you want. For example, this gives > a desktop that's usable via modem. > vncserver -geometry 800x600 > > On a good desktop, it's just a small window. > > The vnc protocol isn't considered especially secure, but you can tunnel > ports with ssh: > ssh -L8080:127.0.0.1:25 example.com > telnet 127.0.0.1 8080 > You would expect to be greeted by an MTA on example.com: example.com > would see you as connecting from 127.0.0.1. > > Change the port number appropriately and you can talk to Xvnc. > > You can also get the desktop up in any Java-capable browser, even > Internet Exploder. Connect to your server in Maine from an internet cafe > in the Bahamas:-) > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
