[squeak-dev] Controlling a headless server Squeak through VNC

Tobias Pape Das.Linux at gmx.de
Sun Dec 4 17:30:29 UTC 2022


We also have some improvements from then-time on
	https://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hirschfeld/squeaksource/RFB
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> On 4. Dec 2022, at 16:26, christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de wrote:
> 
> Thanks a lot, everyone, for documenting this method on the list! I really wish I would have known that earlier - for my TelegramBot, I always used to ssh -X to my raspi and then kill and restart the image. RFBServer sounds so much more convenient!
> 
> Maybe we should also put this into a Swiki.
> 
> Best,
> Christoph
> 
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> On 2022-12-04T10:42:00+01:00, herbertkoenig at gmx.net wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > for all my RasPis nowadays I'm tunnelling TigerVNV through Putty.
> > TigerVNC is the successor of TightVNC, but both can be found via the
> > 'add software'. RealVNC was said to eat too many resources (Raspi A+, 2013)
> > 
> > Somewhere I once read that RFB only supports 8 character passwords which
> > I didn't find safe enough for a public Linux server. But I always only
> > connect to one of the RasPis at a time so I can always use the same port.
> > 
> > Back when running a public AidaWeb server I used the Squeak RFBserver
> > also tunnelled through Putty. But that had enough power.
> > 
> > The same setup works on my Linux and on my Windows laptop.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Herbert
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Am 04.12.2022 um 04:19 schrieb David T. Lewis:
> > > On Sat, Dec 03, 2022 at 01:42:43PM -0800, tim Rowledge wrote:
> > >> A couple of extra points from my experience using the RFB server -
> > >>
> > >> - the RealVNC viewer I use for my Pi systems doesn't connect properly,
> > >> complaining about some rectangle protocol or other. Other people have
> > >> mentioned I think 'vinegar' and 'remmini' viwers as working.
> > > I have been using vinagre as my VNC client for quite a few years, and it
> > > works fine for me. But according to the all-knowing internet, vinagre is
> > > now "discontinued" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinagre) so I don't
> > > know what to recommend for a modern Linux VNC client.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
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