> -------- Original Message -------- > > Hi there, > > > When I start a vnc server enabling others to share the session using a > > common password, I would like to being able to switch between active > > and passive participants. I could imagine different modes of operation: > > > > 1) one active user - many observer > > 2) many active users (sending mouse/keyboard events) - many observer > > 3) all active users > > With a stock vnc installation, there is no way to do this that I am aware > of. > > I am curious - are you running a Windows vnc server, where all > participants see the same remote desktop? It's my understanding that with > a *nix vnc server, each client gets their own desktop.
We do run on Unix (SGI and/or Linux), but here the behaviour is the same: each client sees the same desktop. You can start multiple servers (with multiple desktops) though. I do not know about windows. > If you are running a Windows server, in the many/all active user cases, do > you want different participants' mouse and key strokes to be combined by > the vnc server? Or do you want one participant to control the server at a > time? The combination of client inputs is already working natively - you can use VNC in kollaborative mode, where all clients are allowed to give input - quite messy sometimes :-) Also, you can configure it the way that only one (or a subset of) client(s) has control - the other would connect read-only then. Our exact problem is that you specify that behaviour on startup - we would like to move the input fokus around on runtime... > I ask because I am a graduate student doing research in this area. As a > part of the research, I have been modifying the Windows vnc 3.3.7 server > and client to support multiple clients, but only with one client in > control at a time. The other clients can observe, ask for control, and > get it, in a manner similar to Microsoft NetMeeting. That sounds about what we want! :-) As said, I do not know about windows - is your work portable to the Unix-version of VNC? Cheers, thanks for your reply! Andre & Stefan. > > andrew. > > > Andrew Chan > M.Sc. Candidate, Department of Computer Science > University of British Columbia, Canada > [5]www.cs.ubc.ca/~chana > > References > > 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 3. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 4. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 5. http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~chana -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Andre Merzky | phon: ++49 - 30 - 84 1 85 - 339 | | Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) | fax : ++49 - 30 - 84 1 85 - 107 | | Dept. Scientific Visualization | mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Takustr. 7 - D-14195 Berlin | www : http://www.zib.de/merzky/ | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
