Re: Run an app like terminal server

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Date: 02 Sep 2003 15:43:55 -0400

hmmm, nope. Still didn't work.

Also, anyway to share the clipboard between windows and running an X
session with cygwin? That's what I would really like to be able to do,
although I'll use VNC if that's the only way.

Thanks,
James

On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 13:48, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
> > Ben,
> >
> > Thanks. I have it installed and running (autocutsel &) but I still can't
> > copy and paste from Windows to VNC. I looked through the INSTALL and
> > README and don't see much else to do besides install. Am I suppose to
> > configure anything after installing it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > James
> >
> > On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 09:52, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
> > > > Is it possible to run an application similar to how M$ does it with
> > > > Terminal server?
> > > >
> > > > For example, I run Evolution for all of my mailing lists. I find that
> I
> > > > need to do a lot of copying and pasting from my windoze machine. Right
> > > > now I copy and paste it into Outlook and send the message to
> Evolution,
> > > > then copy and paste it from there to the message I'm sending.
> > > >
> > > > Right now I look at Evolution through VNC or through an X session
> using
> > > > cygwin, but I still can't copy/paste directly. Is there any way to run
> > > > Evolution like a terminal server app where my windoze clipboard is
> > > > shared between the windoze machine and the running app?
> > >
> > > Yep, use autocutsel (http://freshmeat.net/projects/autocutsel/). It's
> > > specifically designed to synchronize the clipboards between a windows
> client
> > > and a linux VNC server.
> > >
> > > Ben
>
> It has been a *long* time since I configured it, but here's what I found
> with some searching on my RH 9 box at home:
>
> You need to create a new file: /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/autocutsel and in
> this file, you need to have:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> /usr/local/bin/autocutsel &
>
> Then you need to chmod 755 that file, and then you need to restart your vnc
> service. Let me know if that works. If it doesn't, I'll keep looking.
>
> Ben
>
> Ben
>

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