VNC and native X display with vnc.so [Was: Re: more Fedora Cookbook: VNC]

[Les Mikesell]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   on the server side i then restarted X (init 3; init 5) and, from the
> client side:
> 
>   $ vncviewer 192.168.1.4:0
> 
> and, lo, i get a VNC window, but it looks like crap -- jagged
> graphics, underneath which you can vaguely see that, yes, it is trying
> to represent the remote desktop, and the remote control does work but,
> clearly, i have some work to do here.

As I recall now, that's why I quit using it. I was getting one chunk of 
the screen twice and the rest was fuzzy.  I think I got some advice 
suggesting it was related to the underlying video card but I gave up and 
haven't noticed any announcements saying it was fixed.

I just haven't been able to keep up with the "let's rename everything 
arbitrarily so the old docs don't apply" and breaking things that used 
to work games that most of the linux distros are playing and I have to 
wonder if anyone actually uses them for anything where they need a 
configuration and data to last more than a few months.

vino is a possible replacement, but it doesn't start until you are 
logged in and have your desktop running.


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   Les Mikesell
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