Remotely helping with X

[Mailing List Account for Jason Runyan]

Correction Below

On Friday 30 May 2003 11:50, Mailing List Account for Jason Runyan wrote:
> On Friday 30 May 2003 11:21, Parker, Ron wrote:
> > Frequently my wife calls from home for a little computer help.  She's not
> > a geek, but is learning fast.  It would be really convenient if I could
> > set something up that works like VNC on (shudder) Windows, where I could
> > actually see what she is doing and help out.  Does VNC allow you to
> > attach remotely to an existing X server or does it create a completely
> > separate DISPLAY?  What other solutions are there?
>
> The latest versions of KDE have a slightly customized version of KDE for
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->VNC
> just this purpose.  They have coined it as desktop sharing.  I suppose so
> the masses understand the concept with a MS like name.  You can teach her
> how to start it up, and send you a token or password or something to
> connect.

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