[ale] VNC and remonte control Linux

Michael D. Hirsch mhirsch at nubridges.com
Wed Mar 12 14:45:23 EST 2003


On Wednesday 12 March 2003 02:18 pm, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> Automatic?
>
> How do I turn it off :(

Control Center -> Internet & Network -> Desktop Sharing and don't allow 
uninvited connections.

Michael
>
> On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 14:15, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> > On Wednesday 12 March 2003 08:15 am, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > > There was a discussion about vnc here a long time back along those
> > > lines. Essential, vnc displays the only screen in a M$ environment,
> > > but *nix gets a new screen unless special steps are taken. I don't
> > > remember the details of hand, but it involved possibly the use of
> > > the screen command coupled with xdm/kdm/gdm. It was good for remote
> > > access, but the console user had to jump through hoops to make it
> > > work.
> >
> > This is automatic in KDE 3.1.  It has a built in vnc server, so your
> > desktop is always available.  Doesn't seem to slow things down at all,
> > as I feared.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > > Try a google search on the ALE archives.
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 08:07, David Hamm wrote:
> > > > Has anyone used VNC to take control of a remote X desktop session
> > > > on a Linux box?  I'd like to show a remote user how to do
> > > > something and VNC only seems to give me a new desktop I can't take
> > > > control of the user's desktop.
> > > >
> > > > David Hamm
> > > > Imaging Technologies Services, Inc.
> > > > 655 Lambert Drive
> > > > Atlanta, GA 30324
> > > > dhamm at itserve.com
> > > > 404-888-6337
> > > >
> > > >
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