I was running on a console machine with no problem. VNC runs it's own X server. Now running it in a 166 might be a bit slow. Really depends in the amount of real memory. X11 is a hog. I had 32Mb on a 166 and it was slow but usable. Shawn said: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 19:11:28 -0500 (CDT) > "Wayne Johnson" <waynej at dccmn.com> wrote: > >> Another option would be to run putty and piggyback VNC on it. I get >> to my home laptop from work that way all the time. >> >> VNC uses X11, and you don't need to install the X server on your >> remote machine. >> > > Quick question, but what if you don't run a GUI desktop. My > understanding is that VNC only works with a GUI desktop, not a console. > The system I connect to whenever I'm outside of my home network has X > installed, but not configured. I did not ever plan on using a GUI > desktop, as it takes up valuable resources on an ancient P166 system. > > > -- > Shawn > > The difficult we do today; the impossible take a little longer. > > Ne Obliviscaris -- "Forget Not" > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list