Bill Andersen typed (on Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 09:35:17PM +0000):
| Jean-Pierre Radley wrote:
| > I dont know if your loosing it; perhaps, though, you are losing it.
|
| Yeah, Yeah, I can't type "losing" without putting in that second "o"
| for the life of me. I DO know better, my fingers just ignore my
| brain. It is a wonder all my "the" aren't "hte" too
|
| > I routinely use VNS in both directions: show a Windows Desktop on an
| > X-Window display; and 't'other way 'round as well.
|
| OK, now for the big question. Is "VNS" a typo or is that some other
| version of VNC I don't know about (Virtual Network Server?) I'd guess
| it is a typo...

Sorry. my typo. I did mean VNC.

| Anyway, based on your answer, I'm still wondering this...
|
| Is VNC actually an X server? i.e. When you view the X-Windows desktop
| on a Unix box from a Windows computer, are you really using the "X"
| protocol or is it using VNC Server on the Unix box to allow viewing
| the X-Windows session?

Huh? When I use vncviewer, I need to be in X Windows.

| I'm trying to help my friend find a cheep X-Windows server to
| access a Unix box from his Windows PC. But he can't put VNC
| on the Unix box (cause it ain't his). Will VNC do this?
|
| I'm using actual terminology here, as most people would think accessing
| a Unix box from Windows would require an X client, but as we all know,
| it is really an X server (strange).

You need the vncserver binary on the machine whose desktop you want to
view, and you need the vncviewer binary on the machine where you will be
viewing.

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JP