VNC from Windows machine to Fedora box

[roland]

On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:06:32 +0100, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com>  
wrote:

> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> My mother uses Windows XP Professional Edition at home. I'd like to
>> connect to her computer with my Fedora box. Apparently, Windows has
>> some sort of built-in VNC server, but how can one connect to it from
>> Linux? This machine is Fedora Core 6, but I can upgrade it to Fedora 8
>> if need be. Thanks.
>
> Don't know anything about a built in vncviewer on XP.  I just load up  
> RealVNC (including the server part) on XP and enable the server to start  
> when the system starts.  Granted, my XP is internal to my network so  
> there is very little security concern.
>
When you installed VNC  on XP like you did, that's enough.
Just do Alt+F2 on the linux console.
typ vncvieuwer + IP_XPbox to connect to the XPbox



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Roland Brouwers
C.A.T. bvba

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