 | | | Word To The Wise... | Word To The Wise... 2006-01-26 - By Rick Stevens
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On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 12:58 -0700, karlp@(protected) wrote:
> On Thu, January 26, 2006 11:47 am, Rick Stevens said:
> > On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 18:51 -0700, karlp@(protected) wrote:
> >> I use VNC a lot. With Fedora Core 4, I was pleasantly surprized to see
> >> that I can share my desktop with some different options. The time came
> >> this past weekend when my wife (Windows XP Pro) needed to see something
> >> on
> >> my screen and so I VNCed to her PC and (you see what's coming don't
> >> you...) VNCed back to mine through that VNC window.
> >>
> >> You know the affect you get when you stand in a room with mirrors on
> >> both
> >> walls? You see yourself, looking at yourself, looking at you looking at
> >> yourself and so on and so on and so on...
> >>
> >> Do you know how hard it is to close a VNC window when it's regenerating
> >> one every few micro-seconds? Now you don't have to. I did it for you.
> >>
> >> ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHH!
> >>
> >> HTH (someone). And I didn't want to get up and walk the 18 feet to
> >> where
> >> she has her PC. Laziness is its own punishment, someone wiser than I
> >> once
> >> said.
> >
> > You could have "su - killall vncviewer" on your box to "end the
> > madness", but that'd be too simple...
>
> Oh come on Rick... and not be able to see (morbid curiosity here) how many
> new 'windows' before the system stalls? Perish the thought.
I'd start seeking professional help, there, Karl. I mean, what did the
poor machine do to _you_ that makes you want to torture it so? :-D
> I'd have used fuser -k /usr/bin/vncviewer anyway. . . Yes, I'm a bit anal.
Uh, huh. (slipping quietly out the door...) ;-)
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