[Oberon] Re: Replace with null-string ?! + VNC

[peasthope at shaw.ca]

Chris,

> From what I understood from your description, I'd
> be able to run a typical dumb-CLI app. in the server,
> from a smart-menu-like NO client.

Sorry; I do not really understand.

For my configuration, VNC merely allows the 
Linux GUI to exist in an NO viewer.  Within 
that viewer, the interface behaves just as 
it would on the Linux console.  Text can be 
copied from NO to a Linux application as 
described previously.  There is no other 
communication at the application level.

With telnet and ssh, text can be copied in 
both directions but with no Linux GUI of 
course.

With my systems, VNC is noticeably slower 
than the native Xfce4 desktop.  There is 
no ideal arrangement with all the benefits 
of Linux and NO.  Mostly I rely on ftp and 
telnet.  For VNC, the NO/A2 machine needs 
upgrading from 10BASE-T to 100BASE-T.

> I've got so many vnc versions ... 

In Debian Lenny, dselect lists these.
tightvncserver
vnc4server
vncserver
In a cursory trial two or three years ago, 
tightvnc appeared to perform fastest.  
Perhaps someone else has more specific 
advice about performance.

> 127.0.0.1 ...

Apparently you have everything on one machine.

>  I don't know about prioritization.

If the server is designed to run as a user 
process but is run as a root process, it will 
receive higher priorities than the designer 
allowed for.  The process would be monopolizing 
the cpu and system performance can be degraded.

Is there any need for the VNC server to be a 
root process?

Regards,      ... Peter E.

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