-----Original Message----- From: vnc-list-ad...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-ad...@realvnc.com] On Behalf Of sbremal Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:41 PM To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: Xvnc + XDMCP
> As far as I understood when Xvnc (or the vncserver wrapper) is started, > an X server and a VNC server is started in the same process. Then this I'm afraid I didn't explain myself very well; sorry about that. I think a better way for me to put it might be that I believe that Xvnc *is* an Xserver, so there is no reason for it to contact *another* Xserver. I think (I haven't tried this yet) that if U want the vncviewer to display what U see on the console, U have to start Xvncserver *instead* of xdm. Only the Enterprise version of uses native authentication; the Free version doesn't even use encryption, which is why U'll read about people sending the RFB packets through an SSH tunnel (see http://www.realvnc.com/vnc/features.html). If U use Xvncserver as your Xserver, however, authentication by VNC doesn't matter, because your system will do the authentication as the Xserver. Authentication is not encryption, however, so U should still send the connection through a tunnel, or it will be visible to anybody who takes the trouble to look. Of course, YMMV; as I warned in my previous post, I'm an X *user*, not a guru. :) I use x86-64 Debian at home and Cygwin X on WinXP at work, but I don't get a lot of time to play with my Linux box. The only thing that I have done so far is to fix the screen resolutions available (so that I'm not stuck with 640x480) by copying xorg.conf from Knoppix; I couldn't even tell U why that works, because I haven't had time to investigate. > Just spent too many hours to give up now... The workaround now is to > (1) log in to the server with Putty, (2) start the Xvnc manually, (3) > exit from Putty, (4) start the VNC viewer on the phone. Ideally (1), > (2) and (3) could be saved if the login would be handled by Xvnc > through XDM (and Xvnc started from inetd). So I gather that U have done this before? > Cheers, > Balazs -------------------------------------------------------- Goss ... Innovation for Business NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment(s) may contain confidential and proprietary information of Goss International Corporation and/or its subsidiaries and may be legally privileged. This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the addressee, dissemination, copying or other use of this e-mail or any of its content is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender immediately and destroy the e-mail and any copies. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. No contract may be construed by this e-mail. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
