Thanks for the help Cbee everything is working, I just wanted to ask about-> > - In co-ordination with a -once or -init server: add a Arnold > Swartsenegger: "I'll be back" button. One more thing, how do I keep my desktop if I disconnect?
> -----Original Message----- > From: "Beerse, Corni" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 11 April 2002 02:46 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Browswer / Java access to Xvnc without the need to > start vncserve r in advance! > > > As mentioned at the end of a long tread, I got it working! > > Browse to http://<machinename>/vnc gives me a java powered > vnc session in a browser without the need to start the > vncserver! All just like the setup at > http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp and > point the viewer to <machinename>:5850 > > Here is the howto (with minor update to the previous message) > The base: Redhat 7.2 distribution. > http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp setup > works. apache server that works > in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: > set "ServerName" to the (dns-) name of the machine > start apache now: `/etc/init.d/httpd restart` > start apache after reboot: > `mv /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/K15httpd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S85httpd` > Create the vnc page > mkdir /var/www/html/vnc > cp /usr/share/vnc/classes/* /var/www/html/vnc > create /var/www/html/vnc/index.html > <HTML> > <TITLE> > dhcp login with vnc, no vnc password required > </TITLE> > <APPLET CODE=vncviewer.class ARCHIVE=vncviewer.jar\ > WIDTH=800 HEIGHT=623> > <param name=PORT value=5951> > </APPLET> > </HTML> > > Browse to http://machine/vnc and off you go > > Some details that do make a difference: > RedHat 7.2 default installs some firewalling security. I > choose NO firewalling at all. This firewalling can ruin your > day to get it working. My statement on this: If you do need > firewalling on this machine, you don't need vnc on this machine. > > If the apache webserver is already configured, don't mingle > with the configuration. Exchange /var/www/html (my > "DocumentRoot") with your "DocumentRoot" in your apache > configuration (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf). > > If the vnc classes are not in /usr/share/vnc/classes, check > your "vncserver" script (/usr/bin/vncserver) for the "$vncClasses". > > The above html page is hardcoded to a vncserver of 800x600 to > be served off port 5951, as with the default setup at > sourcecodecorner. If you alter the size of the server, also > change the WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters in the html code. Add > 23 pixels for the buttons on top, otherwise, you miss 23 > pixels off the bottom. > > TO serve more sizes and more colordepts, copy index.html to > 640x480, change the WIDTH=640, HEIGHT=503 and > value=5950 and > browse to http://<machine>/vnc/640x480 . You can use > "index.vnc" as an other base for index.html. Use your (html-) > imagination to create any better page. (I could not get this > part working at once. I had to give the file the extention > .html which I don't like since that's also needed in the > call. Then I had update the ARCHIVE to > "ARCHIVE=/vnc/vncviewer.jar", which is no problem to > me.) > > > > BTW: can the editor update the page at > http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/l> inux.asp? > > > NICE: Netscape (4.x) gave a much better view than > M$IE! > OOPS: Netscape 4.x on W2K twiggles with the entire W2K > display once the screensaver comes up in the Xvnc/X11 > environment... So better turn it off... > > USAGE TIP: do NOT reload/refresh the browser! The vnc session > is a -once session!, you just get a new login screen... > > Update ideas for the java applet: > - Add a refresh button, make it one of the top buttons. > - Add a "You have lost the session" screen once the server > connection droppes. > - In co-ordination with a -once or -init server: add a Arnold > Swartsenegger: "I'll be back" button. > > > > Success, > > CBee > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.htm> l > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
