James [Wez] Weatherall ()
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 16:56:20 +0100 (BST)
> Hello all from a newbie
>
> I have recently discovered VNC (probably because it is new) and it
> certainly works well - X server to Win viewer. It seems to be the answer
> to many a prayer but typically such solutions throw up questions - the
> more you do, the more is demanded! It certainly puts Oracle/Olivetti on
> the map.
>
> I am of preference a Linux/X user but sadly some of my work is MS based.
>
> I would therefore like to have a Windows 95 machine that just sits in the
> attic or somewhere connected via an ethernet. It will thus appear to be a
> session on my Linux machine - ie W95 under Linux, which is the right way
> for it to be. It will have nothing attached - hence the absent subject.
>
> However, there is a particular problem. I will obviously have to have a
> graphics card in the Win95server - an S3Virge with 4Mb would do since I
> don't play games all day and that's what's in the Linux machine. I don't
> want to have to buy a real screen 'cos they are pricey and a waste of
> space and energy if I am not using them.
>
> I *could* site the machines together and use a Maplin junction box (or
> fiddle about behind the machines) for screen, kbd and mouse to set it up
> and then switch over but that is not very pretty and also a physical
> security risk. I want to site the W95 machine under the bench by my Linux
> mail/file server and leave it on all the time. I have an old VGA terminal
> but I couldn't use that to set it up 'cos the card frequency would blow up
> the VT.
>
> So is there anyway that W95 could be configured to come up and work
> immediately via VNC without there being any connected hardware other than
> the card. I have a password protection on the W95 machine. Would it be
> possible in NT or 98 (although for the price I might as well buy a second
> screen)?
You should be able to do this simply by running winvnc as a service, as
described in the documentation on the VNC web-site.
Cheers,
James "Wez" Weatherall
-- Olivetti & Oracle Research Laboratory, Cambridge, UK. Tel : Work - 343000
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