Thanks, I wasn't aware of cygwin/xfree. I'm wondering
if porting Xvnc to Windows might be another approach
that is relatively painless? I think it might be neat
to have a Windows box serving up multiple Xvnc servers
out to win/unix vnc clients.
Tony Richardson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew van der Stock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 8:51 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Port of VNC X server to Windows?
>
>
> Most of the default X clients are able compile and run and
> are able to be
> displayed locally and remotely on X servers including
> Saddiq's (et al) beta
> quality Win32 X server (which is a direct port of XFree86) included in
> XFree86 4.0.2.
>
> The page you're looking for is here:
> http://cygwin.com/xfree/
>
> Andrew (who is an XFree86 developer)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richardson,
> Anthony M.
> Sent: Saturday, 6 January 2001 00:37
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Port of VNC X server to Windows?
>
>
> How difficult would it be to port the VNC X server to Win9X/NT using
> the cygwin tools?
>
> The cygwin people have ported most of the X clients, but an up-to-date
> free X server for Win32 seems to be missing. I was thinking
> that perhaps
> a port of the VNC X server to windows might not be that
> difficult. The
> server would be visible only through vncviewer connections.
> Maybe even
> multiple VNC X servers would be possible like in UNIX?
>
> I'm not the best person for the job, but I'm willing to
> attempt such a port
> if no one else is interested. I would appreciate some
> feedback from people
> more knowledgeable about with this would be easy, difficult,
> or impossible.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony Richardson
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