From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 23:47:21 2004 Return-Path: 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 AE16916A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:47:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from palrel11.hp.com (atorelbas02.hp.com [156.153.255.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BE7743D2F for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:47:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from thad.butterworth@hp.com) Received: from cacexg12.americas.cpqcorp.net (cacexg12.americas.cpqcorp.net [16.92.1.72]) by palrel11.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D05E91F858 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:47:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from idbexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net ([16.88.97.3]) by cacexg12.americas.cpqcorp.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:47:15 -0800 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:47:15 -0700 Message-ID: <2D8BB15C7B5C214F81C32D3A83B32736019A0EC9@idbexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: RDEsktop/VNC questions Thread-Index: AcTHezN+MO877lw/StKZEOYXjQnZbAAAsvow From: "Butterworth, Thaddaeus (Manpower Contract)" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Nov 2004 23:47:15.0930 (UTC) FILETIME=[9BA56BA0:01C4C77F] Subject: RE: RDEsktop/VNC questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:47:21 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org = [mailto:owner-freebsd->questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Louis LeBlanc >Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:15 PM >To: FreeBSD Questions >Subject: RDEsktop/VNC questions > >Quick question about interconnectivity. > >You OSX users may be familiar with a very slick little utility called >RDC (Remote Desktop Connection). Some of you other *BSDers may also be >familiar with one called VNC (Visual Network Connection ?) or RDP (?). >The purpose of said utilities is to provide a sort of graphical shell >similar to an X session from a remote machine in a window. > >There are several rdesktop and vnc clients in the ports, so rather than >go through the flurry of install-tryout-uninstall/repeat, I figured I'd >go to the place to ask questions. Here. > >So, who's using these clients, and how effective have you been finding >them? Any gotchas? How cool is it? Do they just plain suck? And = more >to the point, which one(s) should I start with on the short list? > >All feedback is welcome - and appreciated. >Lou >--=20 >Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org >Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) >http://www.keyslapper.org =D4=BF=D4=AC > >Pickle's Law: > If Congress must do a painful thing, > the thing must be done in an odd-number year. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions->unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I've used the rdesktop client for connecting to a Windows 2003 Server = (/usr/ports/net/rdesktop). I wasn't that impressed but then again it = could have been a PEBKAC situation. I could not get the screen = resolution of the Windoze 2003 server to go anything beyond 640x480 and = it looked horribly grainy. Other than that, it did actually connect and = allowed me to do all that I needed to. I just couldn't handle the = graphic element, which again may have been more a user issue than an = issue with the program. Other than that, I have used the Windows RDC = programs and they work ok. Thad