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[Douglas Denholm]

Well, actually, it was my attempts to run X under Cygwin (on my WinXP box)
to connect to my YDL box which started this strange thread. (I am a newbie
to YDL and this list... What's with this all this stuff about razorblades
and scissors ;).

To back it up a bit, my YDL box is in the basement, and I have a Titanium G4
(OS X) and a WinXP box that I use upstairs. I am able to use X11 to
establish an X session from the YDL box back to my G4, no problem. But I
have had more difficulty with the WinXP using Cygwin. I can establish the
connection and things sorta work. But some X app's fail with message saying
(something like) "klauncher cannot talk to DCOP." I never get this problem
with OS X/X11 combination. Anyway, I was asking if anyone knew how to fix my
Cygwin DCOP problem when somebody suggesting using VNC and then we were off
to the races with razorblades and scissors... ;)

I am not in love with any particular solution... I will try the VNC
approach... And/or I will continue with the Cygwin approach if somebody can
help me get by my DCOP issues.

--Doug



> From: Greg Hamilton <gregh@object-craft.com.au>
> Subject: Re: VNC vs Cygwin
> Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 10:18:29 +1000
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> 
> OK, well I run with scissors which trumps you all.
> 
> Now if you have XFree86 installed in Cygwin on your XP box and you
> start X, ssh -X to your YDL box and login then you end up with your
> very own X11 session with the display redirected to the XP box instead
> of a local console on the YDL box. This is a 'Good Thing TM'.
> 
> VNC just sends regular screen grabs to the client so you can see what's
> happening on the server console. The client can send mouse and key
> stroke information back to the server. Everything you do in the client
> is mirrored on the console at the server. This is more than a little
> agricultural and very slow. Also, I think VNC servers are limited to
> one connection at a time.
> 
> If you're trying to remotely access a Windows box or Mac OS box it's
> great because those operating systems don't allow remote GUI logins but
> best avoided if you have the option of an X11 session.
> 
> Greg