From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 15 19:46:58 2006 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 0C58316A41F for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:46:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ken@abbott.allenmyland.com) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [216.148.227.151]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8C6A43D48 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:46:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ken@abbott.allenmyland.com) Received: from abbott.allenmyland.com ([68.81.206.140]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2006011519465701300d8a1re>; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:46:57 +0000 Received: by abbott.allenmyland.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AE0C617024; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:46:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:46:56 -0500 From: Ken Stevenson To: Aaron Dalton Message-ID: <20060115194656.GA32398@abbott.allenmyland.com> Mail-Followup-To: Aaron Dalton , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <43CA8534.4010306@daltons.ca> <20060115192747.GA32153@abbott.allenmyland.com> <43CAA384.9030703@daltons.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43CAA384.9030703@daltons.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with X11 Forwarding 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: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:46:58 -0000 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?). -- Ken Stevenson Allen-Myland Inc.