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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Xvnc - Multiple replies
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 15:17:39 -0000
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> > What is it exactly that you want to do here?  The native Windows VNC
> server  works great, and the native Windows
> > VNC client works great also.  With a bit more info, maybe someone can
> help.
>
> Well, I'm assuming Xvnc works similarly on Windows as it does on Linux,
> where I get a different "session" than what the local user gets.  (Sort of
a
> poor man's terminal server).

Bad assumption. From the VNC Docs
(http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/docs.html):

WinVNC - The Windows NT VNC server
WinVNC is a VNC server that will allow you to view your Windows desktop from
any VNC viewer. Because Windows in its present, standard incarnation, only
supports a single graphical user being logged in at any one time, WinVNC
makes the existing desktop of the PC available remotely, rather than
creating a separate desktop as happens with the Unix server. It is only fair
to emphasise this: VNC does not make an NT machine into a multi-user server
in the same way that Citrix-based software, for example, does. A single NT
machine can therefore be accessed by multiple users, but if they all connect
at the same time they will all see the same desktop!


> The reason for this is my main "server" in the
> house runs in the living room.  It's connected to the TV and we watch
> TV/DVDs/VCDS, etc through it.  The problem I have is if I want to do any
> work, or upgrade, or whatever, I can VNC in, yes, but if my wife's
watching
> TV, I can't.  (Oh, the trials and tribulations of being too geeky <g>).
> It's also a pain that since it's connected to the TV, I'm limited to
800x600
> resolution, and who can work in that!? :)  Anywho, I had installed TS on
the
> server, but then the TV program we use wouldn't work, so that was out.
> (Damn, crappy ATI drivers!)  I remembered that Xvnc had been ported via
> Cygwin.  The reasons were never given aside from, "Yes, there are some
very
> good reasons you'd want to do this!".  Considering many had been using
this
> as a poor man's X-server before Xfree was ported, I assumed this was one
of
> the reasons.  Does that all make sense? :)
>
> Anyway, the site of the fella who did the origional port is still up, but
I
> can't get the FTP server that houses the patch.  I assume that since the
> site was last updated in 1998, it's no longer maintained. :)
>
> > You should try VNC's mailing list, and give more info, i.e., what does
it
> mean "they all resufe to work"
>
> In searching the archives of the Cygwin lists I found a few people who'd
> mentioned the patch that allowed it to compile.  It had also been used by
> many for some time as their X-server.  I found nothing on the VNC
archives.
> By refuse to work, I'm referring to a common problem a lot of people had
> with the binary verions which was when launched it complained it couldn't
> find the RGB database or default font despite them being there.  I tried a
> few suggested fixes and even came up with a couple of my own, but never
got
> them to work.  I've found that compiling myself and not using pre-compiled
> binaries usually fixes this kind of little issue.  That's why I'm trying
to
> find the patch.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -T
>
>
>
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