[Novalug] Enabling VNC Server on SUSE EL Desktop 10

[John B. Holmblad]

All,

Suse Desktop Linux 10 has a feature which it refers to as Remote Desktop 
which I enabled on a system that I am running. I assumed that enabling 
it using the GUI would be sufficient but it appears that it is also 
necessary to manually install a VNC server on the system. The one that 
was visible in the list of installable software was

    kdenetwork3-vnc

so that is what I installed. To complete the install I had to take out 
the CD and mount it so the OS could read the requisite files for this app.

Is that the correct component?

What surprises me is that when I enabled Remote Desktop on this system 
it did not automatically warn me that I have to perform this 
installation of the VNC server if this is, in fact the, correct app to 
be installed. The explanation at the Novell www site (provided below) 
suggests that somehow the installed server will also work with an RDP 
client, not just a VNC client:

Here is the url to the www page at the Novell www site:

          
http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/suselinux/kdenetwork3-vnc.html


          kdenetwork3-vnc
          Exporting of VNC and Connecting of VNC/RDP Sessions

    This package contains tools for VNC/RDP usage:
    KRfb - to allow remote access to your current desktop. krdc - a VNC/RDP
    client, it can discover remote VNC sessions via SLP or connect to
    manually specified rdp:// sessions.
    KRfb allows to connect to kdm-VNC sessions or to provided desktops via
    KRfb.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Version: 	3.5.1
    Release: 	32
    Medium: 	DVD1
    Path: 	/suse/x86_64/kdenetwork3-vnc-3.5.1-32.x86_64.rpm
    Group: 	Productivity/Networking/System
    License: 	GPL
    Size: 	2.20 MB
    Homepage: 	http://www.kde.org

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