vnc'ing

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:37 pm

someone told me that you can get a graphical login on joshua rather than just the console that you get with putty.

what program can i use to do this, and do i use the same setup as when connection with putty?

xyzzy · Post by **xyzzy** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:39 am

It's all in the userguide

https://secure.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/user_g ... login.html

Post by **BigG** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:04 pm

No. DON'T do that. It just puts unnecessary stress on the server. You don't need a graphical login. The number of times it gets whored over by someone's x-session is stupid.

echelon · Post by **echelon** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:45 pm

BigG wrote:No. DON'T do that. It just puts unnecessary stress on the server. You don't need a graphical login. The number of times it gets whored over by someone's x-session is stupid.

ahh come on.. I love my x-sessions.. I use it very often.. hmm maybe its my x-session lol.. nah doubt it.. joshua should be able to quote.. u should simply use realVNCviewver.. u use ur specified password for the session.. u need a DCS username+password tho to set that up.. so sorry to all u none comp sci students

Post by **BigG** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:37 am

Still doesn't change the fact that you /really/ don't need to run an x-session on joshua

echelon · Post by **echelon** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:26 am

BigG wrote:Still doesn't change the fact that you /really/ don't need to run an x-session on joshua

no u dont.. but I still do for running an extract version of firefox and also to run other visual apps

Post by **cocodude** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:51 am

Can't you just get an X server running on your local box and change call 'export DISPLAY=yourIP:displayport'?

Cocodude

echelon · Post by **echelon** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:04 pm

cocodude wrote:Can't you just get an X server running on your local box and change call 'export DISPLAY=yourIP:displayport'?

Cocodude

except they wont have access to many of the on-campus servers as quickly.. and they will have the same ip as my laptop.. etc many reasons for me using an x-session on joshua