Stephen, You can operate two way traffic, by running the server on both machines. I don't recommend, however, using a machine as a client and a server at the same time, for performance reasons. That is, it is perfectly all right to sometimes connect to the Linux box from the Windows box, and other times connect to the Windows box from the Linux box, but don't have one machine connecting to the Linux box while the Linux box is connecting to, say, a third machine.
In fact, I do this at times. I connect to some of my clients through a VPN, and when I am in my office my machine is the viewer and theirs is the server, and when I go to their site my office machine can be the server and I run the viewer from the client's office. Just an example, but you get the idea. You can do it in any direction you like. Running the viewer on Linux, you have the same capabilities you would have being on the windows box (of course not with the same screen update performance). On Tuesday 20 August 2002 19:42, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Seth, > > At 08:20 AM 8/20/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >In general, I only run the server on Windows and I only run the viewer on > >Linux. Of course, if you want to be able to view two machines, say one > > Linux and one Windows, from a third machine, then the two machines both > > need the server. In other words, the server only needs to run on a > > machine that is to be connected to by a viewer, so if you are using the > > Linux machine only to run the viewer, then the server doesn't need to be > > running on the Linux machine. > > If I understand correctly, it is only one-way traffic. That is, if I have > the server on Windows and the viewer on Linux then I can view Windows from > Linux, but not the other way round. If I am wrong please correct me. My > questions are : > > a) Can I operate Win applications on Linux? > b) Should I need 2-way traffic,.what shall be the solution? > > >As for building KDE, it is because I want to use a new version of the > > viewer, called krdc, which is not available in the KDE distributed with > > RH7.3 because it is a new program. You can download from the KDE web > > site the latest version of KDE which is always somewhat newer than the > > Red Hat distribution. Generally I don't do this because the I would > > rather wait until the newer code is more stable and Red Hat has built it > > for me, but in this case I believe the only way to get krdc is to > > download a newer version of KDE. > > > >However, you don't need krdc to use VNC; it has a feature that I like > >(scaling) that the TightVNC viewer doesn't have but the TightVNC viewer > > works fine with Linux. > > Noted with thanks > > Stephen > > >On Tuesday 20 August 2002 07:36, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > Hi Sethj, > > > > > > At 01:27 AM 8/20/2002 -0700, Seth Kurtzberg wrote: > > > >I'm currently using TightVNC on both Windows and Linux; I also > > > > sometimes use the KDE VNC viewer. To use the latter, however, you > > > > have to download and build KDE from sources. > > > > > > 1) Are both VNC server and client installed on Windows and Linux > > > respectively? That means each OS running both as server and > > > client/viewer simultaneously? > > > > > > 2) Why to rebuild KDE from source? RH7.3 already has KDE > > > installed. Whether its version can't run KDE VNC viewer? > > > > > > >I'm using newer ones, though, than the ones included with the > > > > distribution, and the performance is definitely better with the > > > > newest release at www.tightvnc.com. > > > > > > Noted with thanks > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > >On Tuesday 20 August 2002 00:45, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > > Hi Seth > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your further advice. > > > > > > > > > > At 09:40 PM 8/19/2002 -0700, Seth Kurtzberg wrote: > > > > > >Note, also, that it is sometimes advantageous to use a server from > > > > > > one distribution and a viewer from another. In your > > > > > > configuration I don't think that at the moment it is necessary, > > > > > > but that may change in the future. > > > > > > > > > > I think the packages coming with RH7.3 CD are TightVNC edition. If > > > > > I am wrong please correct me. > > > > > > > > > > Is it to install the server package on RH7.3 and client package on > > > > > WinME ? Or both of them on RY7.3? Mandrake also has a package for > > > > > client whether I can use? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > > > >On Monday 19 August 2002 19:20, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Seth, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your response. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 10:47 AM 8/19/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > >There is definitely at least one newer release. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could you please advise me its link? RPM finder can't find a > > > > > > > newer version for RH7.3. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I've had good luck recently with the latest release of > > > > > > > > TightVNC, with the server on W2K and the client on RH 7.3. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Monday 19 August 2002 07:45, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all folks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I just join this list to experiment VNC on RH7.3. My > > > > > > > > > target is allowing RH7.3 viewing and navigating WinME and, > > > > > > > > > in parallel, allowing WinME viewing and navigating RH7.3. > > > > > > > > > Its CDs come with following packages > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a) vnc-3.3.3r2-28.i386 > > > > > > > > > b) vnc-server-3,3,3r2-28.i386.rpm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My questions are > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) Are they the most up-to-date version > > > > > > > > > 2) Is a) above the client which is the same as viewer in > > > > > > > > > another name 3) What additional packages I have to install > > > > > > > > > and where can I find them 4) Is there relevant technical > > > > > > > > > document in re of installation, configuration, etc. other > > > > > > > > > than those listed on > > > > > > > > > http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/docs.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kindly advise. Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Stephen Liu > > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list -- ----------------------------------- Seth Kurtzberg M. I. S. Corp. 1-480-661-1849 _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
