[sclug] Making sense of VNC's docs..

[Nard]

Short and simple ;-)

 - rfb -


nard at Goldfinger:~$ apt-cache show rfb 
--snip--

Description: VNC Server for X11 - exports current display
 Like the xvncserver package, x0rfbserver exports an X display using
the  RFB protocol.

 Unlike xvncserver which creates a virtual X11 display to export,
x0rfbserver  actually exports the display it is run in... just like the
windows VNC server.
 Also included are rfb utilities to capture and replay RFB data streams,
and  a vnc viewer.
                                                                                           
Hope this helps,

-Leon

On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 19:37, Antony Bartlett wrote:
> James Wyper wrote:
> 
> >Where have you looked for documentation?  I've found the stuff at
> >realvnc.com to be perfectly adequate for my needs (VNC server on Linux;
> >viewers on Windows and Linux scattered around the house)
> >  
> >
> Glad to hear things have improved since the time I stuck a breakpoint in 
> the source code to find out where it was hiding it's settings in the 
> Windows registry... that's still a million miles better than where I'd 
> have been with something close-sourced, though.
> 
> >>I have VNC running on Winblows boxes fine, but on my Linux box I want
> >>basically the same functionality, to see what the user sees
> >>
> I've always assumed a Linux box can't be set up so that you see what the 
> user sees:
> 
> "A Unix machine can run a number of Xvnc servers for different users, 
> each of which represents a distinct VNC desktop. Each VNC desktop is 
> like a virtual X display, with a root window on which several X 
> applications can be displayed. 
> 
> "The Windows server (WinVNC) is a little more difficult to create, 
> because there are fewer places to insert hooks into the system to 
> monitor display updates, and a less clearly-defined model of multiuser 
> operation. Our current server simply mirrors the real display to a 
> remote client, which means that the server is not 'multiuser'. It does, 
> however, provide the primary user of a PC with remote access to their 
> desktop."
> (http://www.uk.research.att.com/archive/vnc/howitworks.html)
> 
> But hopefully I'm wrong, or my information is out of date.
> 
>     Best wishes,
> 
>        Antony
> 
> 
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