I can see that many misunderstandings may arise from the OS used, and
as there is 98% windows users, I should say, that I use linux/fedora and
I tried several beautiful things like synergy, x2vnc, Xdmx to connect
2 pc with some monitors. So the solutions for win are clearly not for
me.
first thanks to Sean - synergy works (very well) with realX, but there
are separate screens (and I've had some problems when comb. with vnc)
second: I have good news and bad news - see at the end
to Ben,
thanks for the reply - there apparently was some misunderstanding
and I admit, that I may have caused it.
On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 08:21 -0700, McBeen, Ben wrote:
> I think you have a basic misunderstanding of a few things:
no, I perfectly know what is what
> 1) what vnc is
> 2) what is a window
> 3) what is an application
>
> Your question is pretty much beyond the scope of this discussion, but
> I'll try to make it quick.
>
> Vnc sends your mouse movements and keyboard entries on a remote
> computer. That remote computer then sends back the video image in real
> time. It does not under stand the concept of a window or an
> application. Is has no need to.
>
> A window is a visual metaphor that allows us to communicate with our
> applications
>
> An application is a set of instructions that allows a computer to
> perform a particular task.
>
> To do what you want:
> 1) VNC would need to know that you are dragging a window.
> 2) VNC would need to be able to copy memory from one machine to
> another, based upon the window you are moving.
> 3) VNC would need to execute a particular program, and then some how
> transfer it's state from one computer to the other.
> 4) applications would need to use unprotected memory, or have
> extensive apis that allowed you to load and save memory states.
1/ ALL the vncservers would run on the SAME machine. Your points 2-4 are
automaticaly off.
2/ They just need to behave like some desktop-switchers do. Once you
move a window across, a part is displayed on desktop one, the rest on
desktop two. It should not be a big deal to have it in VNC:
a/ changing DISPLAY of a running window might be not that easy...
b/ but ureating a scalable vncserver & viewport option is not anything
completely new...
Then, there is no real problem to use whatever machine/monitor anywhere
to look at your vncviewer and control it from another, I do it
everyday.
I've found that some vncviewer (but which?) has a '-clip' option - I
havent tested, the effect might be similar - port to a large desktop. My
free realvnc has not this. If fullscreen works fine - then it's that...
---
Now - the good news - I've found it!
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Projects/DWiB/vnc.html
You can create walls from the different viewports
--
And the bad news - it probably doesnot exist anymore.
jar
> Now, I totally agree that this would rock if it actually existed. just
> don't hold your breath. Who knows... maybe I'm just being pessimistic.
>
> -----
> Ben McBeen
> Information Technology Systems Engineer
> Plumas Bank
> 530-283-7305 x7602
>
>
>
> On Apr 16, 2008, at 11:59 PM, j.mrazek wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > does anybody know howto create seamless desktop
> > from two vncs (move windows from 1 vnc to the other)?
> >
> > I searched a lot, no result. Nothing like vnc2vnc found,
> > x2vnc works afaik just from real to virtual and anyway
> > it does not transport windows - just mouse and keyboard.
> >
> > My case 1:
> >
> > a/laptop - 1024x768
> > b/big screen 1280x1024
> > c/remote pc that runs my (X) programs (in vnc or several vncs).
> >
> >I have an application that runs and displays on remote
> > pc and I check the results and work there via vnc. So far so good.
> > The problem arises when I want to connect from smaller or bigger
> > display
> > then Xvnc has. Ok - use paid version of realvnc - you answer.
> > (they offer desktop scaling). Hmmm.
> >
> > My case 2:
> >
> > I would like to have a seamless desktop (moving windows) through
> > multiple monitors on multiple machines. There exist a solution -
> > I can run a special xserver, but using vnc would be *extremely easily*
> > scalable. You just open whatever you want wherever you want.
> >
> > thanks,
> > jar
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