Following up to my last article, having tested x11vnc for a day on mediapc, it crashed with the “stack smashing detected” issue. Reported as a Debian bug here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=859213 This issue affects multiple distros, including ones unrelated to Debian, such as Red Hat, Arch and Fedora, as well as related such as Ubuntu. The recommended… Continue reading Fix for x11vnc problems on Stretch
Category: Remote Access
HOWTO: Share a screen in Linux
Screen sharing is a generic name for allowing the screen on one computer to be accessed from another. It is similar to, but different from, Windows Remote Desktop. There are a number of options that are mostly based on VNC. I have a Windows 10 Home computer here that has TightVNC Server installed on it,… Continue reading HOWTO: Share a screen in Linux
Computing resources optimisation [1E]
Got to thinking more about how to make the best use of resources with the computers. The biggest issue is ergonomics. You can only really practically use two keyboards at a time. So if using more than two computers you prefer to have more than two keyboards/mice, but it’s hard to access them without moving… Continue reading Computing resources optimisation [1E]