[gentoo-user] x-forwarding or vnc or ?

2005-04-03 Thread Grant
Ever since I got started with Linux I thought the whole x-forwarding/vnc thing was really cool. I finally have a reliable wireless Gentoo network, and I'd love to set some of that up. I'd like to be able to do 2 things: 1. Start an X session that is running on that computer but is controlled on

Re: [gentoo-user] x-forwarding or vnc or ?

2005-04-03 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
There have been some extensive discussion on this list recently so that would be a good place to start as well as the forum archives. On Sun, 3 Apr 2005, Grant wrote: Ever since I got started with Linux I thought the whole x-forwarding/vnc thing was really cool. I finally have a reliable

Re: [gentoo-user] x-forwarding or vnc or ?

2005-04-03 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
You're welcome. Each has it's pros and cons so I'd suggest looking at them and checking past posts for some discussions. To be honest, I've just started looking at this myself but got sidetracked on other issues I have to solve on my system. I know Mark Knecht has been working on this - one of

Re: [gentoo-user] x-forwarding or vnc or ?

2005-04-03 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Sunday 03 April 2005 22:07, Grant wrote: Thanks Brett I did find some good stuff. I want to be able to do something in the style of vnc. It sounds like I should set up realvnc, tightvnc, or use NX. Do these each have ups and downs I should figure out before choosing one, or is one

Re: [gentoo-user] x-forwarding or vnc or ?

2005-04-03 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 09:57:56 -0700 Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Start an X session that is running on that computer but is controlled on this computer. 2. Share an X session that is running on that computer between it and this computer. That would mean the two people at the two