wmarone | # 11 | 2009-12-15, 03:34 | Report

X forwarding defeats the purpose, which is to get a remote display of your existing X session on your desktop. VNC solves some issues that not even X forwarding resolves yet.

I believe someone mentioned here on the forums that this was an FCC requirement, due to the cable potentially acting like an antenna?

hitec | # 12 | 2009-12-15, 03:53 | Report

VNC server for me would be nice because I could log into my phone and check email, reply to text messages and answer posts on this forum while at my computer at work. Without ever having to pull my phone out of its holster. VNC is already on the Windows PCs at work and at home.


Samba in the extras repository would be fine with me. Just make it easy for a newbie like me to get it going. Simple sharing within a public folder on the N900 and let file manager browse the Windows network.

What brand 12v adapter is it? My generic brand will not let me use the FM transmitter while it is plugged in.

Sounds reasonable. I wonder if any of the European firmware versions have this limitation?

mlpmail | # 13 | 2009-12-15, 04:36 | Report

i wireless Micro USB VPA Model BEV9PI SKU 41260 34496
$9.99 at Ralph's Grocery.

I Have Two of them and they both work, sometimes I have to plug and unplug USB to get charging started, but once charging I can use FM transmitter. I could not get thru a whole days use with out them.

TA-t3 | # 14 | 2009-12-15, 11:08 | Report

Nobody uses X11 forwarding anymore, it's disabled by default in any modern X server. It's a security risk. If you are thinking of X11 forwarding via SSH, yes, that works (in general, I haven't tested on the N900), and is mostly OK security-wise. However, it's very inefficient as soon as there is any kind of latency on the connection. VNC is vastly more efficient because it enhances the protocol itself instead of just compressing it (which is the best SSH can do). Some stuff I start remotely from my desktop takes 10 minutes to come up, over compressed SSH, while with VNC there's no appreciable delay.

So, VNC will happen.

jcwilk | # 15 | 2009-12-15, 11:21 | Report

+1 Yep, what he said. X11 forwarding is great for some things, but it's definitely not categorically better, even if performance wasn't a concern. Someone in another thread pointed out that if you lose the connection with X11 forwarding your running application goes kaput with the rest of your ssh session, wheras with vnc it could still be hanging out on your n900.

volt | # 16 | 2009-12-17, 15:19 | Report

I think VNC will happen, mostly based on the fact that x11vnc is already installed on my N900. This fella here gives a reason why you'd want it: to be able to use a mouse.

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volt | # 17 | 2009-12-17, 15:26 | Report

I agree that setting up a inphone server share by default probably is a bad idea unless done in a thought through manner.

However, access to network shares in the file browsers and applications is per default missing, and this surprised me. That is why the lack of Samba in the repositories is a bit disappointing.

So, client support yes please, server support isn't as important.