Double-headed use advice?

[Michael Kleber]

James Weatherall <jnw "at" realvnc.com> wrote:

> The VNC Enterprise & Personal Edition viewers for Windows supports
> full-screen mode spanning multiple monitors.

Thanks!  I didn't see that feature listed anywhere on the web site, so
hadn't bothered to check out those clients.  Works perfectly!

> The VNC Server for Unix supports multiple X "screens", each with their own
> VNC Server.

Can you point me towards any documentation for how to do this?

I've googled around and found references, eg from this very mailing list,
   http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2004-March/043909.html
where the vnc server has two physical monitors.  But my server is a
rack-mounted pizza box; the vncserver-created displays are the only
ones it has.

--Michael Kleber


>
> Regards,
>
> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com
> > [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Michael Kleber
> > Sent: 03 May 2007 16:36
> > To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> > Subject: Double-headed use advice?
> >
> > I have an only-partly-VNC question, but the community here seems
> > like it might have good answers.
> >
> > Until this week, my setup was simple:
> > * I do all my computing on a shared unix server, where I run
> > a vncserver;
> > * At work, I run the RealVNC client on my Windows PC (in
> > fullscreen mode,
> >   essentially hiding the fact that it's a Windows box);
> > * At home, I run the RealVNC client on my Mac.
> > * Inside my Xvnc, I switch between multiple virtual desktops
> > (using KDE).
> >
> > The new complication: I got a second monitor for my desktop
> > PC at work.
> > How best to go double-headed?
> >
> > * I could run a double-wide "vncserver -geometry 3200x1600".
> >  As far as I can tell, the RealVNC client can't do full-screen mode
> >  stretching across both monitors, though.  I could run two clients
> >  sharing the same server, one full screen on each monitor, but they'd
> >  accidentally scroll side-to-side all the time.
> >
> > * I could run two entirely separate vncservers and two vncclients,
> >  one in fullscreen mode on each monitor at work.  From home, I'd
> >  connect to only one at a time, or have them in two overlapping
> >  windows.  Can't move windows between them.  Can probably
> >  copy-and-paste across going through the client OS, at least.
> >
> > * Can Xvnc run as two screens of one server, eg :0.0 and :0.1?
> >  And have them listen on two different ports?  This would address
> >  some of the preceding option's problems, but I don't know much
> >  about how KDE works with double-headed X setups.  Is there even
> >  a window manager than will let me independently switch the two
> >  physical screens among >2 virtual desktops?
> >
> > * I could wimp out and leave one monitor at work running Windows,
> >  and reserve it for web browsing and gmail :-).
> >
> > Any advice on what's possible, especially including other ideas
> > that I haven't thought of, would be much appreciated.
> >
> > --Michael Kleber
> >
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It is very dark and after 2000.
If you continue you are likely to be eaten by a bleen.