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On 01/16/2016 07:48 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>> I've set up my home server to act as a Windows-type terminal server |
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>> using X and tigervnc. |
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> OK, there you're running the X server and client on the same machine, |
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> but the server is using VNC to display remotely. That works. Just |
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> don't try to do it the "right" way -- the way X was intended to work. |
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Yes, I was aware the "right" way wouldn't work for what I was trying to |
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do. To be honest, I never tested this over a VPN, I usually use it |
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internally when I'm moving big files around on the server. I used the |
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shell for the longest time but when you are copying files that don't |
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easily into a wildcard pattern, it's just easier to click them in the |
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GUI and copy/move them. That was the whole reason I set it up. The nice |
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thing is that everything runs on the server on my local LAN this way, |
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the only thing needed is tigervnc (well, and a VPN setup) on the client. |
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I've been running this setup for at least seven years (probably longer, |
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I don't remember when I set it up originally) now, with no major issues. |
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I actually just ran into one recently (like two weeks ago) - the new |
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version of tigervnc doesn't work in the manner I've set up with the |
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latest stable Xorg. Instead of troubleshooting, I just masked them and |
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everything is running normally. |
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I actually used a forum thread in the Docs, Tips, and Tricks forum[1] to |
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get it set up initially. |
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Dan |
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[1] https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-72893-highlight-xvnc.html |
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