Yes thanks. I will put them all into a text and put them on my site (when I get the chance. I have loads of other stuff to do for it as well.) That way, I may even understand what I have just done. ;-)
Dave. ~~ All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Collectible dolls from http://www.collectorsdolls.com Web design? Web hosting? http://www.revilloc.com is the answer. Tips, tricks and articles for programmers of all languages on http://www.sourcecodecorner.com Planning a wedding? http://www.bmcweddings.com Advertise your car for free on http://www.drivingseat.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 10:38 PM Subject: Re: One more time, StartingVNC at boot in linux > David, > > Glad it works. It is great to be able to connect and get resolutions > and color depths that aren't even supported by the hardware. Most of my > Linux boxes can only do 1024x768 in 8 bit color mode, so running at > 1600x1200 at 32 bit color (vnc) is NICE!! > > In your case, if you want to run max resolution with no scrolling, you > could also consider full screen mode, but you would have to use > <ALT><TAB> or equivalent to switch back to windows. The beauty of > full-screen mode is that the "X" in the upper right is gone, so you > can't accidentally kill your session (at least it is not as easy). > > You are right, pressing the "x" in Windows is equivalent to > <CTRL><ALT><BACKSPACE> at the console. It will nail your session and > reset the terminal (close the session in the case of VNC). You'd think > the windows version could just intercept the message to close the window > and initiate a clean session shutdown (dependent on the remote O.S.) OR > at least give you an optional prompt to prevent you from killing > yourself prematurely. > > So did you get all the files? There were 4 total. > > Jeff > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/14/02 02:48PM >>> > I have it working now, exactly as you have said in your email. It was > my > mistake, not reading throroughly. My bin dir is under /usr rather than > /usr/local. > > I am using RH6.2 using KDE. It is working beautifully. I have even gone > so > far as to modiify the resolution settings so that I can fit the whole > lot on > my screen without scrolling. (1024x768 on a 1024x768 screen results in > scrolling, so I have set this to 1000x700, on my laptop, 1400x1050, I > have > set this to 1390x990. Works a treat. No scrolling.) The only thing now > is > though, if you press the X, it doesn't ask you if you want to logout, > you > lose your whole session. Also, the machine reboot doesn't tell you > either. > It just kills your session. > > Perhaps a future enhancement would be to detect what OS you are > connected > to, then retreive the relevant messages so that work is not lost. > > I also found out why it was going slow on my machine. My firewall seems > to > be slowing all the traffic down. I think I will be using Linux for > quite a > while now I can use it under Windows. Still a lot to learn though. > > The files that you have sent, with your permission, I would like to do > an > article on my site (not a busy site, yet!!!) to let people know how to > set > it up on RH. Then when this Q comes up again, I can send people to the > article. > > Regards. > Dave Colliver. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To download your own free RevilloC mailserver, visit http://www.revilloc.com/mailserver ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
