Bug 105635

Summary: Confusion about VNC options
Product: [openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0 Reporter: Kirk Coombs <kcoombs>
Component: SaX2Assignee: Martin Schmidkunz <mschmidkunz>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None    
Version: Beta 2   
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Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
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Description Kirk Coombs 2005-08-18 17:18:29 UTC 
This bug contains elements of topics discussed in bug #105419.

We offer a couple of ways to gain VNC access to a SUSE LINUX machine:

1. Use the "Remote Administraion" module to enable Xvnc, a separate X server
running on display:1 (port 5901) and http port 5801.  Using this server connects
to the login manager (KDM or [GDM--when fixed bug #334])

2. Use the VNC portion of SaX2 to enable VNC access to the real X server at
display:0 (port 5900), and a http port if desired.  There is also a temporary
solution to this by using krfb.

Once these differences are understood, they work well and offer great
flexibility.  However, there is really no explanation what the two different
modules are actually doing.

The "Remote Administration" module at least gives the 
ports to look at, but it would be good if it could also expain that it spawns
its own separate X server, and allows for remote logins.

The SaX2 module gives NO indication as to what it is doing.  It should state
that it will enable access to the REAL x.org X server and the it can be accessed
with display:0 (port 5900)

It is probably high hopes for 10.0 right now, but it would be good if these two
could be combined into a single location to ease the confusion.
Comment 1 Marcus Schaefer 2005-08-19 11:00:10 UTC 
yes I understand this would be something for the help system for SaX 
which is currently not designed and developed.
Comment 2 Siegfried Olschner 2006-12-11 14:06:15 UTC 
Reorganization of usability-bug assignments.
We try to discharge the number of our bug entries in the
next weeks.
=> Reassigned to mschmidkunz
Comment 3 Martin Schmidkunz 2006-12-22 12:41:59 UTC 
Currently the SaX-Module is labeled "Graphics Card and Monitor". This doesn't give the user any clue, that modules like "Keyboard" and "Remote Access" are located there. 
Therefore I would highly recommend to include the "Remote Access" part from SaX in the YaST Module "Remote Administration".
Additionally for the user it is very hard to understand why he should look for remote access to his system on two different places.
Comment 4 Martin Schmidkunz 2007-04-23 23:49:09 UTC 
ping, anyone? :-)
Comment 5 Martin Schmidkunz 2007-06-08 13:25:37 UTC 
No answer, so I will close this bug.