[NTLUG:Discuss] vnc at Linux fair

[Paul Ingendorf]

Scripting the control z and bg command is best done by simply adding a & at
the end of the command.
Ex.
scriptname &

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of Bobby Wrenn
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 4:32 PM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] vnc at Linux fair


I got all the pieces installed and working fro the CLI. I need to do the
icon and clicky thing to make it easy on myself.

How do I script the ctrl-Z and bg command? I was able to get the
password into the command line without difficulty.

The platform is RH8.0 running gnome. I'll try KDE and see what happens.

On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 22:32, Rick Moncello wrote:
> 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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