Re: [Blocks-development] newbie questions

[Michael S. Jr. <bl...@ms...>]

The server on mspencer.net is run through a VNC session anyway.

I do recommend editing /usr/bin/vncserver and customizing some things --
like, comment out the -auth line somewhere around line 139...set the
resolution and bit depth in lines 35 and 36 to something just less than your
desktop resolution...

Other than that, just type vncserver to get started.  It's very easy to use,
especially over a home network.

--Michael Spencer
bl...@ms...


----- Original Message -----
From: "Blat Froop" <pet...@ho...>
To: <blo...@li...>
Cc: <cap...@su...>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Blocks-development] newbie questions


> >From: cap...@su...
> >To: blo...@li...
> >Subject: [Blocks-development] newbie questions
> >Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 13:45:01 +0200
> >
> >Hi, I've got some questions about Blocks. FYI I run Linux.
> >
> >The binary package contains two files, blockgui and blockd.
> >Blockgui works according to my expectations, about blockd I'm not sure.
> >Where does it fit in? Is it just a text-based version of the gui-client?
> >If so, how do I upload files. Or is it just a caching/routing server?
>
> Its just a caching/routing server daemon. If you wanted to run
> your own private Blocknet you would simply run blockd and tell
> people the IP/port to connect to. Your block net would be
> seperate from any other Blocknets. Or, you could create a
> regional connection point to an existing Blocknet by pointing
> your blockd at the main connection point. It should be possible
> to use this simple mechanism to design a core structure to
> the Blocknet, perhaps with the predesigned interconnections
> representing high speed long haul pipes.
>
> blockgui does everything blockd does. One day there might even
> be clients apps as well :)
>
> >Otherwise, am I supposed to keep the gui client running to export any
> >files? This would be a PITA for me as my server has no X display
> >capabilities, and I reboot my clients all the time, so redirecting output
> >to a non local X-server won't work either.
>
> Yes, the current situation is far from ideal. My recommendation
> is to run blockgui in a a VNC virtual X session and just
> connect to that when you want to upload/download using
> vncviewer.
>
> You can get VNC from http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
> or it may well be included as standard with many Linux
> distributions.
>
> >
> >Secondly, how big is the network?
> >I've been connected throug mspencer.net for a couple of hours and I can't
> >see anything but my own files.
>
> Yes, the main test network is really just there for testing,
> there may well be other 'private' Blocknets out there for
> distributing different types of files and media but those
> wont usually get advertised very much ;)
>
> Blocks hasnt really been advertised enough to gain mass
> support, and there is still a little confusion about what
> Blocks is being targetted at. IMHO this isnt really a
> problem since Blocks is still in early development and
> we really dont have the resources to deal with 20,000
> screaming AOLers at the moment anyway.
>
> ttfn
>
> PG.
>
>
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