[OpenIndiana-discuss] Vnc to mimic SunRay behaviour, how??

[Jonathan Adams]

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6o_jmGQm0dWeW45SjhfbklFVlE/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6o_jmGQm0dWSGV6UGE2RExnUU0/edit?usp=sharing

The last time I tried I was still on Indiana (not OpenIndiana) ...

One day I will get enough time to try and get it working properly ...
and time to play with an NX client for Solaris ... but job+life causes
too many problems.

Jon

On 27 February 2013 17:36, Gary Gendel <gary at genashor.com> wrote:
> Jon,
>
> You're a better man than I.  I tried but got stuck somewhere.  I remember
> getting many of the pieces working, but not all.
>
> Gary
>
>
> On 02/27/2013 12:32 PM, Jonathan Adams wrote:
>>
>> you cannot really use VNC do do that ... you would be better off using
>> something similar to freeNX ... it doesn't have a client for Solaris,
>> but there are lots of clients for most other platforms.
>>
>> I have compiled freeNX this in the past, and got it all working, I
>> even tar'd the file up somewhere if you want it ... but you might be
>> best off seeing if you can get it to work yourself.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On 27 February 2013 15:23, Hans J. Albertsson
>> <hans.j.albertsson at branneriet.se> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm pretty comfy with the way SunRays work: you login to a remote server
>>> with a full graphical UI.
>>> When you're due for lunch, you pull your card, and go get yer grub. In
>>> the
>>> lounge area, you plug yer card into a sunray on a temp desk, and just
>>> continue in the session you left behind. Performance was OK for what we
>>> used
>>> them for 5-8 years ago.
>>>
>>> Alas, SunRays are a thing of the past for most of us. Oracle's price tag
>>> is
>>> just way too hefty for most people. Also, next SW and HW upgrade  we want
>>> better performance for medium-complexity graphics, so what to do instead?
>>>
>>> Initial tests with GB net and modern fanless media PCs indicate that VNC
>>> might just be good enough for the next 5 years or so. But, as far as I
>>> can
>>> see, using Xvnc in OI151a7 leaves you with but two choices, open-for-all
>>> possibly passwordprotected persistent preassigned sessions or
>>> non-persistent
>>> but automatically assigned sessions.
>>>
>>> Could one fiddle around with options and other things to simulate SunRay
>>> sessions in a better way??
>>>
>>> I'd like to avoid having to preconfigure a set of logical displays for
>>> each
>>> of my over 200 users...
>>>
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