Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system that can be used to control a computer remotely.
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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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“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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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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Is there a xterm equivalent that is optimized for use over VNC?
tl;dr Is there a terminal emulator that uses rectangular copies for scrolling?
I'm doing a lot over work over the internet just now (hacking a program on my employer's cluster that can't be ...
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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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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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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 control an existing remote shell?
On my remote machine, an xterm/shell has been created (by another process). I have full access to that shell through VNC. But really I would like to be using a text mode shell on my local machine.
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Changing screen resolution/geometry of a vncserver without randr in Linux
I want to change the resolution / geometry of my VNC session dynamically without affecting the programs running inside it.
I referred: Changing the resolution of a VNC session in linux.
I don't have ...
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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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Enable remote desktop for Gnome from command line?
I am trying to set up some automation scripts to set up a Linux environment. I would like to enable remote desktop sharing without the user having to actually use the GUI to do so. My plan is to write ...
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x11vnc : how to have the login screen?
I use x11vnc since long, to connect from my office to my home. My goal is to access to my computer exactly as if I were in front of it. So when I return to home I can continue was I started remotly, ...
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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 ...
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Identifying local and remote sessions
I would like to write a startup script that would perform it's task if it was run on the local machine, but not if it was called from a remote xrdp session.
If Local
{
do something
}
If remote
{
do ...
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How to configure xorg.conf for widescreen VNC on headless Linux/Ubuntu?
I have a Ubuntu 12.10 Box configured to run headless. I've managed to boot X headless by a lot of trial and error but I still have a glitch:
When booting using the monitor, it all works ok, widescreen ...
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How frequently are updates sent to a VNC client?
I am trying to understand how the VNC mechanism works.
The RFB protocol 3.8 specifications say :
The update protocol is demand-driven by the client. That is, an update is only sent
from the ...
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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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What is the relation between DISPLAY :1.0 and port 5901
When I start a new X server using vncserver I can connect it using port 5901. From, say, a terminal, I can also do a:
export DISPLAY=:1.0
xterm
(it's just an example)
And I get an xterm on the ...
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How can I disable the X-server on Fedora 17?
I want to use a Fedora 17 "Beefy Miracle" system as a network-shared desktop for cooperative work. For this I'm using TigerVNC which brings its own X-Server and starts a completely separate desktop ...
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telnet to localhost and loopback device IP works, but not LAN ip (Xen + Ubuntu)
I have set up Xen + Ubuntu per the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XenProposed. I am now ready to install a HVM guest OS (Ubuntu Desktop 12.04). After I start my HVM guest OS
xen ...
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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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See server desktop in tightVNC
I installed tightvncserver on one Linux machine and xtightvncviewer on another Linux machine.
I can connect from client computer to server computer without problems. There are two problems:
The ...
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VNC send Ctrl+Alt+F1-F6 to server
I've been trying to figure this out now for a while, I'm connecting to virtual machines through VNC, and by default you get a graphical or ncurses interface, and CTRL+ALT+F3 takes you to a console ...
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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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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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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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Vino on Gnome DE Fedora 18 listening on 0.0.0.0
Listening IPv4://0.0.0.0:5900
After a bit of searching I found this in an error log somewhere. I appreciate the vagueness of this but how do I configure the ip vino should be listening on?
also I ...
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How can I allow a different user to connect to my session using X11vnc?
I'm trying to use x11vnc to allow users to remote control certain computers. This works fine in general, but there is one aspect I have trouble implementing. I want to restrict access to a specific ...
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Headless Debian Server + Windows Clients + X11 Forwarding
I have a headless debian server that I SSH into regularly. I want to know set it up so that users can ssh in and then run something like iceweasel, and a window will popup on their machine which is ...
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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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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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How to get Evolution to run in VNC on Debian/Wheezy?
For many years I've been in the habit of, when away from home, VNC-ing (over ssh) back into my "home machine" and running Evolution (for email, contacts etc) in a tightvncserver environment there.
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How to set up remote graphical sessions on CentOs?
Trying to set up a Centos 6 server configuration where we can automate the running of an application that uses Selenium. In this case, ideally, we should be able to:
Create a graphical session ...
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Alternate screensaver settings on different X instances
On my desktop system, I run two instances of X-- one is associated with the physical screen, one is associated with a virtual screen (a la vncserver).
I use the physical one to do things related to ...
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Regain control of an X Server
I have a Gnome session running on my server. I started it with tightvncserver. Now it wont let me in anymore because of
Too many authentication failures - client rejected
This seems to be a ...
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Configuring default resolution and color depth for RealVNC's vncserver-x11-serviced?
When searching the web for information about how to configure the default resolution and color depth for RealVNC sessions, I always come across stuff that talks about passing commandline parameters to ...
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How to tell who is connected via vnc to my machine?
How do I check how many vnc connections or different users are currently connected to my machine? Only through wireshark? And how do I kill any other users connected through 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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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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Is it possible to redirect X of an ssh session to the display of a connected vncviewer
I have a setup of three machines.
Machine A runs a vncserver and an ssh server,
Machine B runs a vncviewer,
Machine C runs an ssh client.
The vncviewer on B connects to the vnc server on A.
The ...
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How can I have new ~/.vnc/xtartup files be configured for normal desktop by default?
When a user first runs vncserver, the following ~/.vnc/xstartup file gets created:
#!/bin/sh
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
# unset SESSION_MANAGER
# exec ...
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VNC from host PC to Android phone running Ubuntu
While I know how to do this from my phone itself, where it loads the GUI on Ubuntu and I have a desktop environment, it's not as useful for what I'm trying to accomplish, which is to have a ...
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How can I force LXDE to have a transparent background when connecting with X/X11?
Just got my Raspberry Pi in the mail and I've started playing around with it. After getting LXDE up and working working in desktop mode (i.e. monitor and keyboard plugged in) I decided I wanted to ...
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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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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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x11vnc window manager
I am using x11vnc and started it so it created the X server by itself like this:
x11vnc -localhost -rfbauth -create /root/.vnc/passwd
But the VNC session created, does not have a window manager, ...
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Is it possible to keep a vnc server alive after log out?
I am using OpenSUSE and I have created a script that launches at startup the x11vnc server. But when the user logs out x11vnc is killed.
I want it to start again automatically.
Here the script I ...
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View a remote Ubuntu desktop from Windows 7
I tried TightVNC and VNC Viewer (realvnc), and they both show checkboard screens (no screen only checkboard). Also, I tried RDP, same result: checkboard screen.
I tried FreeNX, but I would like ...
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How can I copy/paste data to and from the Windows clipboard to an OpenSuse clipboard using VNC?
I am connecting to a remote OpenSuse computer using VNC from Windows. On other Linuces that I've used over VNC, I can copy text between the remote machine and the local Windows machine using the ...
