From: Bob Proulx
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:00:26 -0700
> TightVNC is a way to transport the X protocol from one host to another
> so as to share a display.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Network_Computing
to protocol is RFB. VNC is based on X in Linux and Unix but not i
peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> Dalton has an X server and a TightVNC server. My understanding is
> that TightVNC uses X to some extent.
To the extent that 100% is a percent, yes. TightVNC is a way to
transport the X protocol from one host to another so as to share a
display. VNC starts up an X disp
From: Bob Proulx
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:24:41 -0700
> We are talking about VNC sharing a *single* screen.
Two machines, Dalton and Cantor in http://carnot.yi.org/NetworkExtant.jpg .
Dalton has an X server and a TightVNC server. My understanding is that
TightVNC uses X to some extent.
peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> Conversely, I'd rather that a change of dimensions of the browser
> window on one screen wouldn't change the browser on the other
> screen.
Uhm... Suddenly reading you saying this confuses me immensely! We
are talking about VNC sharing a *single* screen. So isn't it t
From: Bob Proulx
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:24:45 -0700
> To workaround the noise create an empty file.
>
> $ touch .Xresources
Check.
> The default file created automatically by vnc ... contains the
> following: ...
Restored that. Yes, TightVNC works again. Whew.
As expected with the
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 04:32:05PM EST, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
[..]
> They do?
>
> It's not configured by default or populated in /etc/skel. I doubt
> "most" users would go about adding one themselves.
Trust the little beggars..
> Yes, _if_ you're going to specify custom xrdb resources, that
e I was in a rush and testing
> something unrelated, when I saw that I was gettting the wrong fonts,
> colors, etc. etc. I just duplicated did: cp .Xdefaults .Xresources.
Seems reasonable to me.
> That's what gave me the idea of the empty ~/.Xresources file.
Again that seems reason
Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > That is a default because most people have a .Xresources file.
>
> They do?
Sorry I was definitely over generalized there. :-)
> An empty .Xresources should work just fine, but if that's required by
> the tightvnc (or othe
on 11:24 Wed 09 Feb, Bob Proulx (b...@proulx.com) wrote:
> peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> > Appears that I need to make a .Xresources file before
> > TightVNC will work.
>
> Shouldn't need one.
>
> > Can anyone recommend instructions or examples for the task?
>
led on my machine. :-)
Now the problem is that I use the old, possibly deprecated, ~/.Xdefaults
and I have a lot of stuff in there. Since I was in a rush and testing
something unrelated, when I saw that I was gettting the wrong fonts,
colors, etc. etc. I just duplicated did: cp .Xdefaults .Xresour
From: Franz Gustav Niederheitmann
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:26:31 -0200
> Try this:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
> ...
I put your text in /home/peter/.vnc/xstartup. Incidentally /home/peter/.vnc
versus /etc/vnc could be a source of confusion. In any
Chris Jones wrote:
> That's odd.. the vnc4server script on ‘lenny’ from the vnc4server
> package tests the existence of the file:
>
> [ -r ~/.Xresources ] && xrdb -merge ...
The vncserver uses the alternatives. It could be one of several
different servers. From my machine:
$ update-alterna
peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> Appears that I need to make a .Xresources file before
> TightVNC will work.
Shouldn't need one.
> Can anyone recommend instructions or examples for the task?
To workaround the noise create an empty file.
$ touch .Xresources
> The transcript
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 12:03:04PM EST, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> Appears that I need to make a .Xresources file before
> TightVNC will work. Can anyone recommend instructions
> or examples for the task? The transcript from the
> TightVNC follows.
>
> Thanks,
Try this:
#!/bin/sh
[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
#xsetroot -solid grey
#vncconfig -iconic &
#x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop"
&
#x-window-manager &
openbox-lxde &
lxsession
lxpanel
pc
t I need to make a .Xresources file before
> TightVNC will work. Can anyone recommend instructions
> or examples for the task? The transcript from the
> TightVNC follows.
>
> Thanks, ... Peter E.
>
> peter@dalton:~$ tightvncserver :1 -geometry 620x730 -depth 16
>
Appears that I need to make a .Xresources file before
TightVNC will work. Can anyone recommend instructions
or examples for the task? The transcript from the
TightVNC follows.
Thanks, ... Peter E.
peter@dalton:~$ tightvncserver :1 -geometry 620x730 -depth 16
New 'X'
Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:03:54AM -0500 skrev Derrick 'dman' Hudson:
[Branden, I'm CC-ing as not to have to send you a separate mail]
>
> I think I read somewhere that instead of a single file a directory
> containing files named for the program could be used. However, that
> didn't seem to work
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 12:39:08AM -0500, sean finney wrote:
| On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 02:31:12PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote:
| > > iirc, .Xresources is deprecated in favor of .Xdefaults.
| >
| >
| >
| > Hmm, I thought it was the other way around .Xdefaults deprecated...
| > anyway I always make
Sean,
I too always thought the .Xdefaults was the deprecated version. Regardless,
creating the symlink definetly solved the problem. Thank you.
bp
From: sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: .Xresources file
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 00:39:08 -0500
On Wed,
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 02:31:12PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote:
> > iirc, .Xresources is deprecated in favor of .Xdefaults.
>
>
>
> Hmm, I thought it was the other way around .Xdefaults deprecated...
> anyway I always make one a symlink to the other.
yeah, right you are. likewise i symlink one
Hi,
* sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021204 14:23]:
> heya,
>
> iirc, .Xresources is deprecated in favor of .Xdefaults.
Hmm, I thought it was the other way around .Xdefaults deprecated...
anyway I always make one a symlink to the other.
Just my 2 yen,
Nick.
--
Debian testing/unstable
Lin
heya,
iirc, .Xresources is deprecated in favor of .Xdefaults. i had the
same problem taking the .Xresources file from a solaris box and
not understanding why it wasn't being applied to my debian defaults.
sean
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 11:10:50PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote:
> Hell
* Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021204 13:13]:
> Hello Debian users,
>
> I just recently realized that my .Xresources file is not being run
> everytime I log into my account. While I can easily put this in my .bashrc
xrdb -merge ${HOME}/.Xresources
> file and execute it
Hello Debian users,
I just recently realized that my .Xresources file is not being run everytime
I log into my account. While I can easily put this in my .bashrc file and
execute it with the xrdb command, I am trying to understand what's going on
here. Can anyone tell me why this doesn&
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