From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 23 05:40:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D3C716A41F for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 05:40:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E12D443D45 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 05:40:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.09) with ESMTP id j8N5eXNF014498 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:40:33 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.7] (c-24-18-246-211.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [24.18.246.211]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.09) with ESMTP id j8N5eWGp018737 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:40:32 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) In-Reply-To: <433368F5.5000507@ywave.com> References: <20050923011331.GC12028@teddy.fas.com> <433368F5.5000507@ywave.com> Message-Id: From: Garrett Cooper Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:41:37 -0700 To: FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTYPE_HAS_BOUNDARY 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART_ALT 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_HTML 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __TAG_EXISTS_HTML 0' Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: sharing desktop witn VNC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 05:40:34 -0000 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