[NTLUG:Discuss] vnc at Linux fair

[Rick Moncello]

On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 11:08, Bobby Wrenn wrote:
    At the Linux fair a few weeks ago, someone had three PCs (two Linux and
    one M$) running one keyboard and mouse with three monitors. He was able
    to move between screens by moving the mouse across the screen
    boundaries.
    
    Whoever is was indicated he was going to post the configuration on the
    list. I believe it used a combination of x2x and vncviewer.

Hi!  I'm the one that had that setup.

Sorry that it's taking a bit longer then I anticipated to put together
the documentation.  Since that demo, I have upgraded my systems to run
RedHat 8.0 and ran into some difficulties with the x2vnc portion. All
issues have been resolved and I will be getting back to documenting what
I have done.

During the Linux fair, I had said it didn't work with KDE.  I haven't
tried it again, but I suspect that by using the -hotkey parameter (see
example below) I could overcome the problems that were preventing it
from working.

In short, what you need is three pieces of software not packaged with
RedHat (I can't speak for other distributions):  Vncserver for the
Micro$oft platform, and x2x and x2vnc for the Linux system with the
keyboard.

In my configuration, the M$ system is on the left, the keyboard system
is in the center, and the other Linux system is on the right.

First, you will need to run vncserver on the Windoze platform and the
following command on the system with the keyboard:

x2vnc -shared -west -hotkey s-a-m-c-F12 computer_on_left:0

This will prompt for a password (the one you entered when you configured
vncserver).  After it is accepted, hit ctrl-z and issue the command 'bg'
to put the x2vnc process in the background.

To get a Linux system to share the keyboard, you will first need to do
an "xhost +" on the client system (that's the one without the keyboard).

Back to the central computer. . .

x2x -east -to computer_on_right:0 &

A search on google will guide you to where to get this software.

Please don't hesitate to email me with any questions.

Rick.


    
    
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