[LUAU] Ok VNC newbie question...

Jason Axelson bostonvaulter at gmail.com
Wed Sep 21 19:09:59 PDT 2011


Cool, I'm glad it's (mostly) working for you.

Jason

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Brian Chee <chee at hawaii.edu> wrote:
> 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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>>
>>
>>
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>>
>
>
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