[Fedora] Re: X-related questions

[Rick Stevens]

On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 14:06 -0700, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
> >If you load the "vnc" module in the X configuration, then you share
> >the main display.  Whatever shows up on the primary screen on the Linux
> >box shows up in your VNC viewer window.  Add the line:
> >
> >	Load	"vnc"
> >
> >to the 'Section "Module"' part of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, and restart
> >X.
> >  
> >
>     Actually, I just realized that I don't have VNC installed on the 
> server (neither client nor server.)  My guess here is that my VNC viewer 
> is connecting to via gnome vino instead of VNC.  (After all, it was too 
> easy to just click on Remote Desktop and tell it to share...had to be a 
> Gnome thing.)  So, I'm not sure if I can do what I want with vino.

Yes, remote desktop is RDP, an open source version of Microsoft's remote
console stuff.  VNC is much more better (heheheh!) IMHO.

> W | It's not a bug - it's an undocumented feature.

"Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle."
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