sharing desktop witn VNC
stan
stanb at panix.com
Fri Sep 23 12:36:42 PDT 2005
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:41:37PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Sep 22, 2005, at 7:31 PM, Micah wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >stan wrote:
> >
> >>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
Thanks, that sounds like good advice.
Can you point me to some documnetation as to how ot do this?
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