sharing desktop witn VNC

[Garrett Cooper]

On Sep 22, 2005, at 7:31 PM, Micah wrote:

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>
> stan wrote:
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>> I'm trying to use tighvnc to "share" a desktop with a friend,
>> for educational purposes.
>> I've been able to run vncserver on my local machine, and connect  
>> to it with vncviewer. I've also been able to ssh to his
>> machine (with X forwarding turned on) and do the same thing, but
>> this is really slow.
>> In the case of his FreebSD machine I just got the simple session
>> that xstart produces.
>> How can I star vncserver on his FreebSD machine, such that I get
>> a full blown KDE desktop? This is BTW what he gets when he logs in
>> via kdm. Is there a way to share an already running
>> X session with vnc? Or do I have to start a new session using  
>> vncserver?
>>
>
> KDE provides a VNC server that allows you to connect to an already  
> running KDE session.  From the KDE control center select "Internet  
> & Network" --> "Desktop Sharing".  Adjust the settings to your  
> liking. I've had keyboard problems with it when connecting from the  
> RealVNC client (massively repeated characters making it impossible  
> to type anything).
>
> Later,
> Micah

     Running ssh -C is wise as it compresses the ssh stream. I don't  
suggest straight VNC as it's all plaintext data going across a  
network, where using port forwarding via SSH would decrease your  
problems to near nil in terms of someone sniffing your traffic.
-Garrett