vnc-list-digest V1 #74

[Leon Mualem]

I use vnc to connect to my pc at home once in a while.  To
do this I have set it so that whenever a dialup networking
connection is started it will start vnc.  The program I use
to do this, DynamIP, has an option to close programs after
the connection is closed.  The problem I have is that when 
vnc shuts down, and there is no network connection it will 
start a dialup networking session, and start a continual loop.
I got around this by not having vnc close on disconnect. This
works until I need to shut down the machine, when it will again
start a dialup networking session before closing.  Is there 
another shutdown method that can be used to avoid this?

Someone asked recently about the CDE desktop on Solaris not exitting 
correctly.  I use CDE desktop on Digital Unix and have the
same problem.  CDE does save the current config when you do this,
but does not exit.  I suspect it stems from not starting the
session as root. (if you can start it as root, that would be a
nice test) (Also, starting it from dtlogin instead of Xsession
might help)  If anyone has any suggestions they would be 
appreciated.  I love having a 16 bit display as a client with vnc
instead of the 8bit native display.

Finally if anyone has anything to say about keyboards, it might
help.  I find that my backspace key works as if it were Del when
using vnc on DigitalUnix.  I am slowly changing my habit from
backspace to backarrow-backspace, but this is a bit tedious.

Thanks, and as has been said before, vnc is a fantastic piece of
software.  I have tried pcAnywhere, but like most software today,
it was far more than I needed.  Simplicity is best.

Leon Mualem

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