VNC server based on kdrive using damage extension?

[Mike MacCana]

On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 14:17 -0500, Bruce Bauman wrote:
> We would like to build a lightweight X server which will operate
> "headless". The only display device will be a remote VNC device. 

Why use VNC for this? The X protocol is already capable of proving en
entire remote desktop on a distant PC. 

(One answer could be: you have lots of Windows clients, and unlike
Linux / Unix / MacOS, Windows doesn't come with an X display server).

But yeah, X already comes with Xnest, which can be used to provide an
entire remote display. Make a script to SSH into the remote machine,
start Xnest backgrounded, expost DISPLAY to localhost:1 (Xnest's
desktop); then run startkde or gnome-session.

FDO X server already includes an Xnest port. 

However, AFAIK its not updated to do some of the nifty things you can do
with a real graphics card (particularly randr, it'd be really nice to
have the Xnest root window resize when the Xnest application window is
resized).

Mike
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