On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 13:24 +0200, Jorge Tomé Hernando wrote:
> > It doesn't actually
> >
> > On windows it grabs the desktop, on linux it connects to an already
> > running vnc/x session. This means that on windows you will get access
> > to the desktop as it is seen at the local machine, but on linux you
> > get to see a different desktop.
> >
> > e.g. on a linux box you locally connect to desktop :0, but when you
> > start vnc server you will start it on desktop :1, which you connect to
> > remotely, a different desktop.
Not strictly true. If you use a VNC server which creates a new display,
this happens. But most of the VNC server implementations for X will
expose an exising display. If you run GNOME install Vino, this will
expose your current desktop over VNC and give you a nice UI to
enable/disable/set passwords/etc.
Ross
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