Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-20 Thread drew Roberts
Cowboy... On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 8:44 AM Cowboy wrote: > On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 06:52:06 -0500 > drew Roberts wrote: > > > locally if that is the > > first test: > > Frankly, I wouldn't suggest locally. > ( "locally" meaning on the same machine ) > That creates a nasty loop. > Well, the vnc, o

Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-20 Thread Cowboy
On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 06:52:06 -0500 drew Roberts wrote: > locally if that is the > first test: Frankly, I wouldn't suggest locally. ( "locally" meaning on the same machine ) That creates a nasty loop. -- Cowboy Grief is the Reminder that we Loved. And were Loved. _

Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-20 Thread Cowboy
On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 23:02:07 -0500 ija...@jamcorbroadcast.com wrote: > If any on gets X11vnc Running let me know. If anyone ??? As has been mentioned here many times, many of us use it quite often. Open a terminal. x11vnc -nopw -display :0 -connect localhost Now from another machine, vnc

Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-20 Thread drew Roberts
Ivan, On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 11:04 PM wrote: > > If any on gets X11vnc Running let me know. its installed in our Machine > >From a terminal on the machine where x11vnc is running: ps ax | grep vnc post the results > But we can't connect to it locally > I have read all documentation. In test

Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-19 Thread ijames
If any on gets X11vnc Running let me know. its installed in our Machine But we can't connect to it locally I have read all documentation. In test mode we starts the service manually and have the client point to the port. Nothing happens. Anyone has any suggestions. Thanks On 2018-11-17 10:

Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-17 Thread drew Roberts
Cowboy, On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 10:14 AM Cowboy wrote: > On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 06:46:17 -0500 > drew Roberts wrote: > > > Does anyone see problems with this line of thinking > > In the 14 ( or is it 18 ? ) machine system we have, > that's exactly how it's done, and for those same reasons. >

Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-17 Thread Cowboy
On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 06:46:17 -0500 drew Roberts wrote: > Does anyone see problems with this line of thinking In the 14 ( or is it 18 ? ) machine system we have, that's exactly how it's done, and for those same reasons. There is the additional that VNC is also on the on-air machines so that

Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-17 Thread drew Roberts
Alan, On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 9:58 PM Alan Smith wrote: > I have one lingering question on the VNC aspect with virtual displays: > > I found I had to create a separate linux user to get this to work. Using > the 'rd' account to create a virtual display for vnc caused me issues with > autostart a

Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-16 Thread Alan Smith
I have one lingering question on the VNC aspect with virtual displays: I found I had to create a separate linux user to get this to work.  Using the 'rd' account to create a virtual display for vnc caused me issues with autostart applications since user 'rd' automatically logs in locally on bo

Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-16 Thread drew Roberts
Hey Lorne. On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:19 AM Lorne Tyndale wrote: > Hi, > > With some of the recent discussion around using x11vnc server and a VNC > client to access Rivendell applications from a Windows box, it got me > thinking - is this the best way to do this, or is it better to run an X > se

Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-16 Thread Lorne Tyndale
Yes, I've used Xming for years on Windows desktops and it works quite well, and it is quite easy to set up an icon for the requested Rivendell app, runs just like any other app (minus the sound of course). https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/ I have also experimented with audio transport - r

Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-16 Thread Fred Gleason
On Nov 16, 2018, at 10:18, Lorne Tyndale wrote: > With some of the recent discussion around using x11vnc server and a VNC > client to access Rivendell applications from a Windows box, it got me > thinking - is this the best way to do this, or is it better to run an X > server on the Windows syste

[RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-16 Thread Lorne Tyndale
Hi, With some of the recent discussion around using x11vnc server and a VNC client to access Rivendell applications from a Windows box, it got me thinking - is this the best way to do this, or is it better to run an X server on the Windows system such as Xming and just log in / launch the needed a