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Lockup
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 Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 9:37 pm Post subject: vnc server/client (more windows-specific but still) |
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| i was wondering if theres a way to have the equivalent of X Fowarding in windows for linux....so basically not a big desktop thing that's replicated like most vncs, but app-specific...any suggestions? |
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ebrostig
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: vnc server/client (more windows-specific but still) |
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| Lockup wrote: | | i was wondering if theres a way to have the equivalent of X Fowarding in windows for linux....so basically not a big desktop thing that's replicated like most vncs, but app-specific...any suggestions? |
Not possible in WIndows due to the design of the OS.
X was designed to be a networked GUI, while Windows was designed as a single PC GUI and has not similar system as the X-network protocol.
Sorry 
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Lockup
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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doh...
guess ill use tightvnc...but:
tightvncconnect 192.168.x.x:5900
then it goes back to console and nothing happens...heh?
id use the java applet that comes with it but opera just refuses to see the damn java plugin :\ |
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garn
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| tightvncconnect 192.168.x.x:0 is what you want, the connection number isn't port but port-5900 |
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Lockup
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| right...well, i got java to work in opera anyways, so ill use the applet instead |
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Lockup
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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and just for the record:
raagshinnah@Beast:~$ tightvncconnect 192.168.0.111:0
raagshinnah@Beast:~$
see, still doesnt do anything...what's supposed to happen anyways? a window that appears? what? heh |
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