Trying to choose a VNC / remote control type software.

[ajnabi]

I am trying to set up my gentoo box so that it can be accessed remotely as if sitting locally at the machine.

I installed nxFree first and got it working but when I log into it I can't get it to completely grab the input. For instance Alt+Tab switches me back to the client computer instead of tabbing through the remote computert's windows.

I tried tightVNC next. This seems to work but still no keyboard grabbing.

Then I installed x11vnc. This works but since it uses the servers X session I am stuck in a resolution that is bigger then my laptop screen. And it also does not allow for keyboard grabbing.

I am looking for something that behaves like a virtual machine where the keyboard and mouse act on the virtual machine until a combination of keys is pressed such as Ctrl+Alt which releases back to the host computer.

Is this possible? Does anyone know of such a product? I also need windows users to be able to access.

Thanks,
ajnabi

[Telemin]

Use the vnc module for xorg, that is emerge Xvnc with the "server" use flag, and configure it as a module in your xorg.conf (see the wiki for details). Then for access from other boxes use the original viewer application from www.realvnc.com which supports dynamic desktop resizing and will resize the desktop to fit your normal screen when run in fullscreen mode.

Hope this helps

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[ajnabi]

Thanks freestyling and occ,

Looks like realvnc is a windows product which will hopefully solve the problem for the windows users. I have not been able to try it on a windows box yet - but am working on that.

I still need to solve the problem of remote access using my Linux laptop. I found a comment in the vncviewer (tightVNC) man page using the word "grabKeyboard". It might lead to something but I don't understand what it means. How do I make use of "resources"? Hopefully someone can clarify. The section in the man page is under the heading "RESOURCES" and is as follows:

[occ]

with kde.
There is a way to do what you want, using Adanced/Special windows Setting of the context menu of the tight vnc window title bar.
in the tab 'Workaround', select 'Block global shortcut' make if Force and select the checkbox on the right...
After that Alt-tab on the tight-vnc windows is handle by tigght-vnc not the window manager...
of course you can completely remove 'Alt-Tab' from kde : (Control-Center/Regional & Setting/Keyboard Shortcuts -> set tthe shortcut for 'Walk Through Windows to 'none'

There may be way to do smarter things used the 'Input Actions' (see Kde Control Center/Regional & Accessibility).

If the remote machine is on a local netword (i.e you have a confortable bandwidth and a very low latency), you could consider starting a separate X server (take a lok at XDMCP)
you can switch between the two with ctrl-alt-{F7-F8}

[ajnabi]

occ,