On Wednesday 19 September 2007 19:04, Jeremy wrote: > Does anyone use VNC from Windows to Linux? > > I'm trying to connect to my Kde desktop from Windows XP. I was able to get > vnserver working with tightvnc very nicely, but that creates a new X > windows session. I want to access my existing session on desktop :0, so > that I can work with my running apps. > > Side note: I just bought a voice recognition program for windows (Dragon > 9), and I want to use it with Kmail. I want use the Linux box normally, > but the headset is connected to my windows box, which then inserts the > characters over the vnc session. > > This actually works great with vncserver, but it's not so useful if it's on > it's own X session. I want the characters entered into the same session > that I'm using. > > Xrfb is exactly what I want, but it crashed. When I tried Xrfb with > tightvnc, it made a connection, and I saw the desktop, but clicking on any > windows caused Xrfb to crash. I thought it might be an issue with compiz, > but uninstalling it didn't make a difference. Google found others with the > issue, but no resolution. I'm on ubuntu. > > Does anyone else use a vnc connection from XP -> Kde ? > krfb works for me. The path on my system is /usr/kde/3.5/bin/krfb I have never used xrfb so I don't know if krfb has any relation but it has not crashed on me. I have noticed the input is a little sluggish on the desktop sharing compared to a regular vnc session but it does work for me in a pinch. Of course the source OS is not relavent, just need a vnc client. krfb --help-all Usage: krfb [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] VNC-compatible server to share KDE desktops ... <snip>