On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 03:17:43PM -0800, Alaa G wrote: > Hello everyone, > I'm new to VNC, and I'm trying to control a Linux(Fedora) machine from > Windows XP and the other way too. When I connect from Linux to Win I can see > the graphical setup like windows exactly and I could control the mouse and > keyboard of the windows machine. And when I finally got it to connect from > Windows to Linux, I only get a terminal without any graphics and it seems > that it is separate from the session I'm logged in in Linux. > Is this how it supposed to work, or am I doing something wrong? Does Linux > allow the same functionality as windows (meaning controlling the mouse and > keyboard from windows)
Yes, this is exactly how it is suppose to work. Under Linux a new Xserver and session is started. It's more secure. If you want to VNC into a running X server, that is doable as well. You can either load the vnc extension in your X config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf or something similar) or you can run x11vnc (which will poll the X server for graphics and fill up the VNC framebuffer with them). Using vnc.so is generally the recommended method. > > Thanks > Alaa G > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail > Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
