From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 24 01:16:54 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 9223216A41F for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 01:16:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from smtpout1.ywave.com (ycomradius.yelmtel.com [216.227.100.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4112B43D4C for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 01:16:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: (qmail 27016 invoked by uid 502); 24 Sep 2005 01:16:52 -0000 Received: from dsl-12-178-99-132.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@12.178.99.132) by 0 with SMTP; 24 Sep 2005 01:16:52 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 12.178.99.132 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl-12-178-99-132.ywave.com Message-ID: <4334A903.2020606@ywave.com> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:16:51 -0700 From: Micah User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050908) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: stan , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050923011331.GC12028@teddy.fas.com> <433368F5.5000507@ywave.com> <20050923233732.GA25062@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <20050923233732.GA25062@teddy.fas.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 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: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 01:16:54 -0000 stan wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 07:31:17PM -0700, 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). >> > > I just looked on his machine, which is running KDE version 3.4.2, and I can't > find that choice in his control center. Now I _do_ see it on a machine > I have here that is runnig KDE version 3.3.2. His machine machine is > FreebSD 4.11 STABLE, and the machine I happen to have KDE on is Debian. > > Could it be in a different place on his? Make sure he has kdenetwork installed (pkg_info kdenetwork\*). If he has kdenetwork try running krfb from a command prompt. Later Micah