Gnome 3 and VNC

[Adam Jackson]

Followups to the list, please.

On 4/4/11 1:07 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> On 04/04/2011 06:46 AM, Adam Jackson wrote:
>> On 4/3/11 8:06 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
>>> How is Gnome 3 going to work with VNC, which does not do 3D?
>>
>> Why do you think VNC needs to "do 3D" to work?
>>
> Gnome 3 seems to need 3d to work ... at least it won't work
> with basic video or Noveau

That's a statement about getting Gnome 3 to display in the non-fallback 
mode.  It's not a statement about what your VNC server needs to 
implement to scrape pixels out of the display.  In fact most of the VNC 
servers just use XGetImage() for that, which is the same thing 
screenshot software uses.  So to the extent that screenshots work under 
gnome-shell, VNC servers should too.

> I am running Fedora 14 on omen.com. It has two VNC
> sessions which I access from the comfort of my office.

I assume you state this with an implicit "I'd like this to still work in 
the future" as the subtext?  Otherwise I'm not sure why you'd mention it.

- ajax