RE: [Xen-users] Pasting into virtual console?

["Dustin Henning" <Dustin.Henning@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

        An HVM VNC console is more like a KVM connection.  Think of it like
this, if you were to sit on computer A, hit copy, then press a button on a
KVM to switch to computer B and hit paste, nothing would be copied from
computer A to computer B.  The reason you can do this with TightVNC/RealVNC
is because they are integrated into the OS, however, the VNC connection to
your HVM is simply connected to the virtual console (emulation of screen,
keyboard, and mouse/tablet).  In this situation, you can copy and paste, but
not from another host.  However, you might be able to get your VNC client to
paste plain text (as it would be able to send a series of keystrokes), this
would be dependent on your client and may or may not even be possible.
Finally, if you need this functionality, you can install RealVNC/TightVNC on
the OS within the HVM, and connect to it instead of connecting to the
virtual console provided by Xen (or with a Windows HVM, you could just use
Remote Desktop).  This is assuming your situation allows for direct
connections (bridging), or you have the ability to set up the appropriate
NAT/routing.
        Dustin

-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David
Dyer-Bennet
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 13:00
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-users] Pasting into virtual console?

The normal answer to "can't paste into vnc" is "run vncconfig on the
server".  How do I enable pasting into a system's virtual console via vnc?
 (realvnc or tightvnc from windows primarily).

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