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=== Gentoo Linux === | === Gentoo Linux === | ||
To be | To be able to connect to your existing KDE session, install <tt>kfrb</tt>. This module allows you (in KDE) to invite people to connect to your current KDE session. It works well but you cannot test it with a local client (which makes sense). I think it is recommended to use Krdc as a client to connect, as standard VNC clients probably don't work as well. | ||
== Client Side == | == Client Side == | ||
On Gentoo, the best is probably to <tt>emerge tightvnc</tt>. | On Gentoo, the best is probably to <tt>emerge tightvnc</tt>. To be able to connect to an existing KDE session, also <tt>emerge krdc</tt> (Remote Desktop Connection). | ||
On Mac OS X, a recommended client is Chicken of the VNC. You can download it from [http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/ Sourceforge]. | |||
Revision as of 08:53, 24 January 2007
This article is a tutorial to setting up VNC on various platforms and environments.
Server Side
Mac OS X
On OS X 10.4, VNC is included, and can be turned on the System Preferences panel. This is very easy, however I don't know which VNC server is included in OS X, and thus I don't which features are available. I am not sure if many of the improvements of TightVNC (compression) are available, for example.
The server uses port 5900.
Gentoo Linux
To be able to connect to your existing KDE session, install kfrb. This module allows you (in KDE) to invite people to connect to your current KDE session. It works well but you cannot test it with a local client (which makes sense). I think it is recommended to use Krdc as a client to connect, as standard VNC clients probably don't work as well.
Client Side
On Gentoo, the best is probably to emerge tightvnc. To be able to connect to an existing KDE session, also emerge krdc (Remote Desktop Connection).
On Mac OS X, a recommended client is Chicken of the VNC. You can download it from Sourceforge.