Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system that can be used to control a computer remotely.
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using SSH to connect to remote CentOS 5.6 server where Firefox running on server is very slow [duplicate]
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How to speed up X over SSH on a slow network connection?
I've installed firefox on CentOS 5.6 and I'm using X11 SSH to remotely login to view the browser.
Firefox ...
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Problems with tight vnc on Suse 11 enterprise x86_x64
We have a production machine running Suse 11 Enterprise Server x86_x64 with tigtvnc as the VNC server used to connect remotely via UltraVNC view on a Windows 7 machine. Up to this point, the setup ...
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vncserver refuses to start
I have a Fedora 15 server that has been running just fine for months until I suffered a power outage. After the recovery, all services came back up just fine except vncserver. When I try to start the ...
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Disable Hardware acceleration on Gnome 3 or fix VNC
I've just upgraded my openSUSE to 12.1, which ships with gnome3. Previously, I had gnome2 running with vino-server as a vnc server that starts upon login. With gnome3 this works too, but the vnc ...
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Remote control an Ubuntu machine from a Windows machine
How can I access and remotely control an Ubuntu 10.04 machine from my Windows XP machine. I googled this subject, and noticed that there are several options: someone people use VNC, while some use ...
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Authenticating with x11vnc: what's the difference between -auth and -rfbauth?
I'm on xubuntu 11.10 trying to setup x11vnc server.
I followed instructions here and I can connect to VNC server - but it never asks me for password!
Is there a difference between these 2 options:
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Seem to be having a problem with RealVNC with centos can't input username
Hello I seem to be having a problem with RealVNC with centos. I want to connect to a another machine, but can't because it has been "grayed out". In otherwords, I can't type in the username in the ...
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“supervisory” software for school rooms
In a schoolroom there are 15 machines + 1 the teacher's PC. All have ex.: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Are there any softwares that can be used on the teachers machine that can "audit" the students 15 PC? ...
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VNC: Text/fonts not showing up on XFCE tip of day window?
Using FreeBSD 8.2. Setup a vncserver on my FreeBSD machine. Accessing it from Windows using Tightvnc Viewer. Most fonts show up fine. However my Xfce tip of the day window shows up blank. If I ...
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How to config Vino to let vncviewer show the hostname of server instead of “LibVNCServer ”?
When vncviewer connected a vncserver which is on Windows, the title of vncviewer will be the hostname of windows server.
But when vncviewer connected to vino vnc server on Linux, the title of ...
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Debian VNC (Remote Desktop) only allowing first connection, then turns off
Basically if I reboot the machine, I can vnc into it (using ultra vnc) but I can only do it once. It seems that the vnc daemon stops working after the first remote desktop session is closed. I have to ...
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Configuring a vncserver so it's only accessible from my ssh tunnel
Since I use vnc through an ssh tunnel, is there any way I can block the open vnc port that the remote machine is listening on without it affecting my ability to use the ssh tunnel? Both machines are ...
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How to copy text to xterm
How to paste text in a xterm? Now I can copy text from xterm to an outside application, like Firefox, by highlighting the text there. But I can not copy text from firefox to xterm. I am just normal ...
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System beep not working in TigerVNC
I just upgraded my Gentoo Linux computer (where I'm running Xvnc from TigerVNC 1.0.90 (1.1 beta 1) compiled myself against xorg-server 1.9.5), and I'm no longer getting any bell sounds, just silence. ...
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SSH tunnel with VNC?
In theory:
I have a low-power consuption machine: eee pc, ok.
I need to run a virtualized windows xp on it. (Because of a windows-only program..)
I need to reach it from a smartphone (Android).
The ...
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How can I program vncserver to automatically setup my shells for me?
I use VNC to connect to a hosted machine. Whenever I start a VNC server at some port and connect to it, I first need to setup my shells for me - 5 of them in a particular configuration that I like and ...
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'd' Key on VNC Viewer Minimises All Windows
I'm running vnc4server on an Ubuntu 10.10 box, and connecting to it from an Ubuntu 8.04 machine using TightVNC Viewer 1.3.9. I'm unable to type anything with the character d within the VNC session, as ...
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FreeBSD: Opening X applications after su to root?
Using FreeBSD 8.2. I'm accessing my machine over vnc using tightvnc. I log in as my normal user. This is okay. I can open X applications and they display fine. Then I su to root and they won't ...
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Remote VNC from Fedora to Ubuntu
PC-A: remote Ubuntu box
PC-B: my local Fedora box
PC-A [via ssh]:
apt-get install tightvncserver
and i gived a good password
ok!
PC-B:
yum install vinagre
i flushed all my iptables rule
And i ...
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I'm moving up from managed hosting to a VPS, what do I need to know?
I'll be starting to use a VPS for my web hosting this week, which is a big step-up for me since I've only used managed/shared services before. I've a bit of experience with Linux before and I'm not ...
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Task Switcher inside VNC
I run a VNC client (tightvnc) along with other applications on a Windows machine. Inside my VNC session, I typically have several xterms and gvim windows open. How can I switch between the ...
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TightVNC not running gnome-session
I have a Debian Lenny box with Gnome desktop. I've installed Tightvnc server on it and would like to see a Gnome session when connecting from another computer using VNC viewer. But for some reason it ...
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vnc connection working with PuTTY but not with command line
I am using PuTTY to connect to a distant network to then set up x11vnc and then using ssl/sshvnc as a client.
in the host name for PuTTY I have: ssh.inf.uk
and port: 22
in the ssh tunnel options I ...
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vnc over ssh port assignment
At the office I have on the servers a vnc server running. In Windows I use putty to connect to the server, I log in and then use realvnc to see the desktop. But I cannot get this to work on Linux. I ...
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Differences between VNC and ssh -X
Why would you use VNC (or for that matter NX) instead of just using ssh -X (-Y). I read that VNC uses less bandwidth, but is there any other differences/advantages with respective tool?
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XForwarding Applications from OSX
Using XForwarding, you can access GUI applications over ssh between two Xorg-powered machines (and sometimes even from a windows machine).
Is there a way to access OSX applications (like Finder) from ...
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Accessing a remote OSX system from OSX, Linux, Windows
Is it possible to connect to a remote OSX machine using OSX, Linux or Windows in a way similar to Windows' remote desktop?
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Install a GUI (KDE) on a centos 5.3
I'm trying to install KDE on a vps of centos 5.3. These are the steps:
yum install kdepim
yum install vnc vnc-server x11-xorg
vncserver
vncserver -kill :1
vim ~/.vnc/xstartup
#(replaced the last ...
