On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 10:26:08AM -0700, Peter Easthope wrote: > Now I have three questions about VNC. > > 1. The documentation for a VNC client instructs, > "To start a Unix VNC/X-Window server: > vncserver -geometry 620x730 -depth 24" > > Why wouldn't this be started as a background process? > vncserver -geometry 620x730 -depth 24 & >
vncserver backgrounds itself by default. It does this by forking, IIRC. > 2. Is there any advantage in having each user > start a VNC server? Why not a system wide VNC > server which starts when the system starts? > The advantage is that vncserver assumes that it is being run by a specific user. Otherwise, it won't know what applications to start and as whom. For a system-wide solution you want XDMCP. > 3. /home/peter/.vnc/xstartup contains > xrdb $HOME/.Xresources > xsetroot -solid grey > x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls \ > -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & > > What is xrdb? > Please check `man xrdb`. > 4. Rather than invoke the x-terminal-emulator can > the full Xfce desktop be invoked? If so, how? > Yes. Modify the script to run startxfce. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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