Question about VNC

[Thomas Gibson]

Sidney,

Windows vncserver's behaviour is slightly different
from Linux/Unix.  In Windows(workstation), there is
only one desktop/session so this is the one that is
shared.  In Linux, each vncserver sponses its own
desktop/session which lasts for the lifetime of the
server process.

Vncserver runs its own pseudo-X-server, Xvnc which is
conflicting with the xserver sponsed by start.  Have a
read of the Xvnc man page.  It sounds like you are
running init level 3(non-X11).  In which cases
desktops are unmanaged.  If you change the init level
to 5, Xdm will be running and display numbers will be
managed for you automagically.  This will get around
the display number problem if your happy with the fact
that your local desktop will be seperate from your VNC
desktop.  

But..

I think you are looking for something more along the
lines of KDE Desktop Sharing.  Haven't used it but
have a look at: http://www.tjansen.de/krfb/

Hope this helps.

 --- Sidney Shapiro <sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g at public.gmane.org> wrote: >
> 
> > VNC is already using display 0, so you would have
> to do:
> > 
> > startx -- :1
> > 
> > Question, though. The whole point of VNC is that
> you have an X desktop
> > open from
> > the remote machine. Why start *another* X session
> on top of it?
> > 
> > Instead, on the remote machine, there should be a
> ~/.vnc dir, create a
> > file
> > called xstartup, make it executable, and then edit
> it to start
> whatever
> > desktop
> > or window manager you want to run on VNC.
> > 
> 
> Hmmm, I am trying to get my local VNC prog to
> display the RH X screen to
> show a client how to make some changes. 
> 
> Sid
> 
> 
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