01-17-2006
The ctrl-alt-f1 trick is a linux only thing. Solaris doesn't have separate terminal screens like that. You can open terminals in CDE by right clicking your desktop and choosing tools|terminal, but they open in a separate window in CDE, not as a full screen like the virtual terminals in Linux do.
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
vino-server
vino-server(1) User Commands vino-server(1)
NAME
vino-server - remote desktop server
SYNOPSIS
vino-server
DESCRIPTION
vino-server is a remote desktop server based on VNC protocol. vino-server provides remote desktop takeover and remote desktop view func-
tions. vino-server allows multiple client to access a GNOME desktop session remotely. It is based on the VNC technology. vino-server pro-
vides service at port 5800. Each desktop has a vino server which disabled by default and a Java client application which is made available
to a client via a web browser (via port 5900 of the server machine is the service is enabled by the user).
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/lib/vino-server
The executable file for the vino server application.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-remote-desktop |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
vino-passwd(1), vino-preferences(1), attributes(5)
NOTES
Written by Steven Zhang, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006.
Updated by Halton Huo, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.
SunOS 5.11 15 Aug 2008 vino-server(1)