[mythtv-users] Ever use VNC? I find it really useful.

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Todd Ignasiak wrote:

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> On 2/21/06, *Phill Edwards* <philledwards at gmail.com 
> <mailto:philledwards at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     > Recent versions of both XFree86 and X.org <http://X.org> have a
>     built-in VNC server
>     > module that works on the 'live' X session.  It's enabled in your X
>     > config file (XF86Config or xorg.conf)
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>     Yes, you just add this line into the "Module" section and that's it:
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>         Load           "vnc"
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> Interesting...   In theory, doing it through the X server could allow 
> for more efficient operations.    Anyone know what version this was 
> included in?   I just checked my system, and my X server is about a 
> year old, version 6.8.2.
>


I tried this on Suse 10, and when I connected to it from a Windows XP 
machine running the vnc client, all I could see is the plain black and 
white, cross hatched   background with a black 'X' cursor, that you see 
when X is starting up.  It just sits there.