[LUAU] Ok VNC newbie question...

Brian Chee chee at hawaii.edu
Wed Sep 21 18:57:18 PDT 2011


Never mind...I just wasn't patient enough...it works right out of the
box....bitchin solution and now I don't have to teach the kids about VNC
until later....now to see if "Radiance" will work...berkeley opensource
project to simulate lighting for 3D AutoCAD drawings.

/brian chee


On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Brian Chee <chee at hawaii.edu> wrote:

> That's exactly what I want...now if I can only get RDP (I'm using CORD) to
> connect....I just get a black screen...am reading the FAQ's now to see if I
> missed something.
>
> /brian chee
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Jason Axelson <bostonvaulter at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> > In summary, I'd like to use VNC to connect to a server, prompt the user
>> for
>> > their Linux username and password (Centos 5.7) and then get their
>> > appropriate desktop. Basically as if they're sitting at the physical
>> > machine.
>> >
>> > Got suggestions? I found this one specifically about SUSE (
>> > http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2003-March/037862.html) but
>> is
>> > there a better way to do this?
>>
>> Hey Brian,
>>
>> This isn't exactly what you are looking for, but have you looked into
>> using xrdp [1]? It's a windows remote desktop server for Linux and is
>> pretty nice. The only thing I'm not sure about is the access through
>> SSL-VPN.
>>
>> [1] http://www.xrdp.org/
>>
>> Jason
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