Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:18:06 -0700 From: Aaron Dalton <aaron@daltons.ca> To: Ken Stevenson <ken@abbott.allenmyland.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with X11 Forwarding (Fixed!) Message-ID: <43CAADFE.4030807@daltons.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060115194656.GA32398@abbott.allenmyland.com> References: <43CA8534.4010306@daltons.ca> <20060115192747.GA32153@abbott.allenmyland.com> <43CAA384.9030703@daltons.ca> <20060115194656.GA32398@abbott.allenmyland.com>
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Ken Stevenson wrote: > On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 12:33:24PM -0700, Aaron Dalton wrote: > >>Ken Stevenson wrote: >> >>>I'm new to FreeBSD, so I may be off base, but I use vncserver on my >>>FreeBSD box when I need an X session. Then I just setup Putty to forward >>>port 5900 to 127.0.0.0:5901, make an ssh connection to my FreeBSD server, >>>run >>>UltraVNC on my Windows box and connect to localhost. >>> >> >>Thanks for your reply! I have been told VNC is a good way to go as >>well, but some have mentioned some performance issues. What have you >>found? It works liveably well? >> > > > It works great for me. I have a pretty fast internet connection (cable > modem). > > One thing I like about it is the session doesn't end when you > disconnect. You can start a long running process like cvsup, disconnect, > and come back later to check on it. > > Unlike when you vnc to a Windows box, you don't get the X session > that's on the local workstation, you get a new one. If you need to > connect to the primary X session, like for remote support, there's a > version of VNC in the ports for that too (xvnc?). For the record, I finally got standard X11 forwarding working once I installed tightvnc. I presume it was because I didn't have an X11 client installed. Now to get VNC working! I can see which I prefer. Thank you again all for your time! -- Aaron Dalton | Super Duper Games aaron@daltons.ca | http://superdupergames.org
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