From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 15 20:17:58 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 A022B16A41F; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:17:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aaron@daltons.ca) Received: from priv-edmwes48.telusplanet.net (defout.telus.net [204.209.205.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B10F43D46; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:17:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aaron@daltons.ca) Received: from [192.168.15.100] (really [137.186.246.196]) by priv-edmwes48.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.04 201-2131-123-105-20051025) with ESMTP id <20060115201757.CSJP838.priv-edmwes48.telusplanet.net@[192.168.15.100]>; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:17:57 -0700 Message-ID: <43CAADFE.4030807@daltons.ca> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:18:06 -0700 From: Aaron Dalton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ken Stevenson References: <43CA8534.4010306@daltons.ca> <20060115192747.GA32153@abbott.allenmyland.com> <43CAA384.9030703@daltons.ca> <20060115194656.GA32398@abbott.allenmyland.com> In-Reply-To: <20060115194656.GA32398@abbott.allenmyland.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with X11 Forwarding (Fixed!) 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 20:17:58 -0000 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