I am sure somebody has answered that before ... But Vnc was not designed for that - instead of characters it transmits little sections of bitmaps
Use ssh (from windows AbsoluteTelnet for example) and if you are looking for the capability to not really have to exit the shell and kill the things you started use 'screen' within the ssh session do a 'man screen' to understand what I am talking about cheers Tobias ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beerse, Corni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 00:42 Subject: RE: vncviewer for linux text console?? > No, I mean NO X11, NO windows, NO gui at the console, just (80*25 > characters) text at the console. Then start vncviewer to open a display. > This vncviewer is running on unix (linux) and does not use any external X11 > application, not even the X11 server. > > For the nerds, it's for my headless server: > - the Xvnc is configured on :0 (it replaces the default Xserver). > - the -init setup as on sourcecodecorner works. > - the .../clases/index.vnc page is adapted to invoke at port 5952 > > Unfortunatly, the machine is not as headless as expected, the operators need > to see there what is happening at :0 since they want to stick to the kvm > switches and I don't want to configure X11 for the sole purpose of running > vncviewer, it just takes to much resources. > > CBee > > -- > C. Beerse > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > talkto:+31(71)5256660 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mithrilhall2000 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:24 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: vncviewer for linux text console?? > > > > > > Do you mean something that is simply a shell window? If so, > > why not use > > ssh? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Beerse, Corni > > Sent: April 12, 2002 1:43 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: vncviewer for linux text console?? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > For some whild ideas, I'm looking for a vncviewer that runs at a > > pc/linux text console, without the need for an X11 server. The linux > > framebuffer may be used. > > > > Is such a viewer available? > > Is someone working on such a thing? > > > > Reason: Replacing the X11 (XFree) server with the > > Xvnc/console-vnc-viewer provides the same functionallity as > > the windows > > port. > > > > CBee > > > > -- > > C. Beerse > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > talkto:+31(71)5256660 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: > > http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
