Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 10:03:30 +0530 From: "Jaideep Bhatia" <jaideep.bhatia@wipro.com> To: "'FreeBSD Questions'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: [ot] good Xserver for Windows 2000? Message-ID: <017301c1df7f$b3b74e60$1250a8c0@Jaideep> In-Reply-To: <15538.24891.775554.825548@guru.mired.org>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPartTM-000-a272f69e-4b6c-11d6-a942-00b0d0d06be8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have run vnc server from a freebsd box and client on win2k machine, and with vnc server running kde. It is a bit complicated process. Once you start vncserver, it will ask you password and then assign you :1 or :2 ... Whichever is free. From windows machine try connecting to that server by giving server:x it should show you twm display. Now if you want to run some different window manager, go to ~/.vnc and edit and edit xstartup and put your favourite display manager in it. I commented out twm& and put exec /usr/local/bin/startkde. Run another vncserver, it will assign a new number, connect to the new number with the same previous password and enjoy. Regards, Jaideep Bhatia -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Mike Meyer Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:04 AM To: John Mills Cc: Walter Hop; FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: [ot] good Xserver for Windows 2000? In <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204081228310.2098-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>, John Mills <jmmills@telocity.com> typed: > Hello - > On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Walter Hop wrote: > > I'm looking for a good X server (possibly commercial) to display X > > applications from my FreeBSD box on a Windows 2000 terminal. > > Who has used/can recommend a good X server? > I am setting up some Linux hosts which will be used by developers from > their MsWin desktops. I am recommending they try VNC > ([http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc]) for logins. > > To my understanding, MsWin users run a VNC _client_ to their Unix account, > where they have previously started the server (_and_ the window manager). > The server exports an X-Window System $DISPLAY, against which the user has > assigned a password. I expect you can start a number of such servers from > init (one per user, to predefined values of $DISPLAY), but I haven't tried > it. That all sounds right. Getting the servers started might be interesting in this case, but I haven't tried it so can't offer advice. > The user's config file offers 'twm' and 'mwm' as window-manager options, > the default being 'twm'. I suppose others could be used - 'fvwm' comes to > mind - but I haven't tried this, either. Vncserver uses ~/.vnc/xstartup like .xinitrc, so you can start any wm you want in it. For performance reasons, I'd recommend a monochrome backdrop instead of a picture. > The VNC server and client are included in the RH-7.2 installation - I'm > too green at FreeBSD to know if it has a port, or where. Yes it's a port in net/vnc, or alternatively net/tightvnc if you expect to use it on slow connections. If you want commercial support, try net/trividavnc. There's also a gnome client in the ports tree. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------=_NextPartTM-000-a272f69e-4b6c-11d6-a942-00b0d0d06be8 Content-Type: text/plain; name="Wipro_Disclaimer.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Wipro_Disclaimer.txt" **************************Disclaimer************************************ Information contained in this E-MAIL being proprietary to Wipro Limited is 'privileged' and 'confidential' and intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed. You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in the E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. ******************************************************************** ------=_NextPartTM-000-a272f69e-4b6c-11d6-a942-00b0d0d06be8-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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