On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Bob Nestor wrote:
> OK, maybe I'm using it wrong then.  If it's an X Server I should be able 
> to run it on my G3 and have x-applications running my my Sparc direct 
> their windows to the G3.  The recent copy I have doesn't seem to let me 
> do that.  When I run it on my G3 it prompts me for a system to connect 
> to, and if I respond with the IP address of my Sparc it give me a failure 
> because it can't find the VNC component running on the Sparc. If I 
> install that component on my Sparc and connect from the G3 what I see is 
> whatever was directed on the Sparc to the VNC component running on the 
> Sparc.

VNC is an X server in the sense that X clients can connect to it and
display things on its "screen". However, VNC doesn't actually display
its "screen" on a monitor anywhere; you need to connect to it via
vncviewer to actually see anything. So, what you could do, if you had a
headless G3, is run the VNC server on the G3, set the DISPLAY of any X
apps to the G3's VNC server, then use vncviewer on some other machine
(which could be running X, MacOS, Windoze, or any thing else that
vncviewer runs on) to see and control the apps.

> Can you enlighten me with how I can run VNC as an X Server in the same 
> manner as MI/X or MacX runs?

You can't...
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