Re: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-21 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
That does make symbolic sense. - Original Message - From: "Wayne Throop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-03-21 12:45 Subject: RE: The Next Generation display numbers : :: That 1-port-per display i

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-21 Thread Wayne Throop
:: That 1-port-per display issue is one of the things that struck me as :: particularly inelegant when I first encountered VNC; without knowing :: anything about the technical details behind it, I am guessing that it :: was motivated by some shortcut taken to simplify the original :: implementatio

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-21 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
hael Ossmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, 2002-03-20 11:51 > Subject: Re: The Next Generation display numbers > > > : On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 10:38:40AM -0500, Grant McDorman wrote: > : > > : > The problem is that VN

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-21 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 10:38:40AM -0500, Grant McDorman wrote: > > > > The problem is that VNC, on *nix systems, will always use a display > > number for access by applications. If one drops the display > number for > > the VNC client connections, then we'll have *

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-21 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
nal" then. > > > > Let's make it: > > "I would dearly love to see a method of dealing with > display and port > > numbers which does not confuse the bejeezus out of new users." > > > > Follow-ups | /dev/null > > > &g

Re: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-20 Thread Wayne Throop
: Grant McDorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : The problem is that VNC, on *nix systems, will always use a display : number for access by applications. If one drops the display number : for the VNC client connections, then we'll have *two* unrelated IDs : for the VNC server - the display number, and the

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-20 Thread Glenn Lovitz
ROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alex K. > Angelopoulos > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 12:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: The Next Generation display numbers > > > That 1-port-per display issue is one of the things that struck me as >

Re: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-20 Thread Michael Ossmann
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 01:59:07PM -0500, Alex K. Angelopoulos wrote: > Going one step further, it might be nice if the next > generation could also respond to HTTP queries on the same port by > attempting to serve an applet - assuming that would not introduce > excessive complexity or security i

Re: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-20 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
would seem to me to be able to communicate sufficient information for the server to decide what to do. - Original Message - From: "Michael Ossmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-03-20 11:51 Subject: Re: The Next Generation display numb

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-20 Thread Sharma, Shashi
If Xvnc uses one port for RFB then with the current implemenation it wont be possible to open two display from Xvnc. -Original Message- From: Michael Ossmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The Next Generation display

Re: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-20 Thread Michael Ossmann
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 10:38:40AM -0500, Grant McDorman wrote: > > The problem is that VNC, on *nix systems, will always use a display > number for access by applications. If one drops the display number for > the VNC client connections, then we'll have *two* unrelated IDs for > the VNC server -

Re: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-20 Thread Grant McDorman
ezus out of new users." > > Follow-ups | /dev/null > > - Original Message - > From: "Scott "The Axe" O'Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, 2002-03-19 19:28 > Subject: RE: The Next Generation displ

Re: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-20 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
Wow, I was REALLY cranky before my first cup of coffee this morning... :( - Original Message - From: "Alex K. Angelopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-03-20 07:10 Subject: Re: The Next Generation display numbers : O

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-20 Thread Scott \"The Axe\" O'Bryan
Fair enough.. I'd like to see that too.. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alex K. Angelopoulos Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 5:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The Next Generation display numbers OK, let's dro

Re: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-20 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
quot;The Axe" O'Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-03-19 19:28 Subject: RE: The Next Generation display numbers : I think it was taken off of the Unix display model, which some would : argue IS the traditional way of exportin

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-19 Thread Andrew van der Stock
e" O'Bryan Sent: Wednesday, 20 March 2002 11:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: The Next Generation display numbers I think it was taken off of the Unix display model, which some would argue IS the traditional way of exporting a display.

Re: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-19 Thread Michael Ossmann
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 02:51:22PM -0500, Alex K. Angelopoulos wrote: > Sure; my point is the method used for tying ports and displays > together. It makes use of custom lower-numbered ports significantly > more difficult. What would be really nice would be a system by which display numbers don'

Re: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-19 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
Sure; my point is the method used for tying ports and displays together. It makes use of custom lower-numbered ports significantly more difficult. - Original Message - From: "Steve Palocz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-03-19 13:12

RE: The Next Generation display numbers

2002-03-19 Thread Steve Palocz
I wish people would understand that the display number is just part of the port number. That in the terminal services world, or in Unix, it is important. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alex K. Angelopoulos Sent: Tuesday, March 19,