Re: [Soekris] Soekris Net-5501 and TightVNC?

2012-07-23 Thread tabris
On 7/18/12 9:24 PM, aa...@aa6qn.sytes.net wrote: > Does anyone have a HOWTO regarding the installation of TightVNC on a 5501? > e.g What video cards - vesa, radion included within the kernel? I am > running Gentoo Linux with an internal disk, xorg-server, Gnome X11 but can > not get the display to

Re: [Soekris] Soekris Net-5501 and TightVNC?

2012-07-23 Thread Tom Huppi
I find it useful in limited situations to run VNC. Mostly to keep a desktop active with a variety of terminals or browsers going and possible to share with multiple users simultaneously. I run it on a headless machine (which does have a video card, though it's never been attached to a monitor.)

Re: [Soekris] Soekris Net-5501 and TightVNC?

2012-07-21 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2012-07-20, aa...@aa6qn.sytes.net wrote: > As a TightVNC server. I was looking for the proper Linux kernel graphics > framebuffer to compile into the kernel to support a virtual vnc > framebuffer. You're probably looking for Xvfb (this doesn't need anything in-kernel). > I did see some mini-p

Re: [Soekris] Soekris Net-5501 and TightVNC?

2012-07-20 Thread Chris Wilson
Hi, On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, aa...@aa6qn.sytes.net wrote: > As a TightVNC server. I was looking for the proper Linux kernel graphics > framebuffer to compile into the kernel to support a virtual vnc > framebuffer. You shouldn't need any video card or Linux kernel framebuffer to run a VNC server. Fr

Re: [Soekris] Soekris Net-5501 and TightVNC?

2012-07-20 Thread Izaac
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 09:24:46PM -0700, aa...@aa6qn.sytes.net wrote: > I am not using any video adapter and was told to use the vesa drivers. Do > I need to find a mini-pci adapter to make this work? Xvfb doesn't do what you want? -- . ___ ___ . . ___ . \/ |\ |\ \ . _\_ /__ |-\ |-\

Re: [Soekris] Soekris Net-5501 and TightVNC?

2012-07-20 Thread aa6qn
As a TightVNC server. I was looking for the proper Linux kernel graphics framebuffer to compile into the kernel to support a virtual vnc framebuffer. I did see some mini-pci video cards on ebay that I was considering. > On 7/18/12 9:24 PM, aa...@aa6qn.sytes.net wrote: >> Does anyone have a HOWTO

[Soekris] Soekris Net-5501 and TightVNC?

2012-07-18 Thread aa6qn
Does anyone have a HOWTO regarding the installation of TightVNC on a 5501? e.g What video cards - vesa, radion included within the kernel? I am running Gentoo Linux with an internal disk, xorg-server, Gnome X11 but can not get the display to open. I am not using any video adapter and was told to u