VNC has the ability to open a shared session which can be viewed on
multiple screens. For example, I can have an X session running on Linux
and make it appear on 3 or 4 or more NT stations as a shared screen. By
clicking on the top left button of the window (I forget the actual name
fo this item) you can go to options and disable keyboard/mouse so you
have a truly one-way tool.
I'm planning on using this as a tool for a training class. The instructor
will run the show while hte display will be on everyone's PC. However, I
will check out XMX as it may be better suited for this.
Greg
On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Mark Conway Wirt wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Mike Rushford wrote:
>
> >
> > I would like to get the Linux x session screen :0.0 to appear on the NT box
> > rather than a new x server and screen session. I would like to use this when I
> > want to help a friend at some problem he is having on their linux box. In this
> > way he can see what I am doing on his Linux box. I would like this weather I use
> > a NT or Linux box to vnc connect to this Linux box. Is there a way to do this?
>
> I've played around with it, but have never gotten it to work. I assume
> that it's not a capability, but I'm not expert on VNC.....
>
> >
> > I have been working with xmx
> > http://www.cs.brown.edu/software/xmx/
> > so that I could get this shared X server screen ability under Linux, does vnc
> > provide the same functionality?
>
>
> Haven't played with XMX, but from the website, I'd have to say no. It
> looks like XMX will allow the same session on multiple boxes, whereas VNC
> allows multiple session (from whatever servers) on the same box. Kind of
> opposite functionality...
>
> --Mark
>
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