how-to for x-terminal newbie

William Hooper whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net
Fri May 13 13:27:00 UTC 2005


Duncan Lithgow wrote:
>

>> I would install Windows or a small Linux distribution on your laptop.
>> Install VNC on your main Linux box then use VNC client on your Laptop.
>>
>>
>>
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> Does that mean that I _for example_ could install damn small linux + vnc
> client? If yes how do i get into this vnc client thing to make it do
> something. [root at 3e6b2ac7 ~]# vnc

You are trying to run the viewer?  The program is "vncviewer".

[snip]
> It looks like vnc is already installed on my main system. So let's try
> that. Yum can't find ltsp, of course I can find the website.
>
> vino.i386                                2.8.1-1                installed
[snip]
> vnc-server.i386                          4.0-8                  installed
[snip]

Both of these are the server portion.  The viewer portion is in the "vnc"
package.

-- 
William Hooper




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