Questions tagged [vnc]
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system that can be used to control a computer remotely.
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Unable to start vncserver in RHEL 7
Following the instructions from Redhat documentation (TigerVNC), I've installed VNCserver in RHEL 7. When I try to start the vncserver service, it returns an error
#systemctl start vncserver@:1....
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Where are minimized windows in naked Xvnc4? How to restore minimized windows?
I am running VNC server as described here: No windows frames on VNC screen
I am running only few applications, so I have empty desktop and terminal in the beginning. If I run some application, like ...
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No windows frames on VNC screen
I am trying to configure good virtual desktop on my headless headless Ubuntu 14.04 server.
Unfortunately, I see the following picture when open remote screen:
I.e. windows have no frames and titles.
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VNC connection to a Linux VM just shows a gray screen… but isn't gnome running?
I have a few years of experience with using Linux on the command line, but this is my first time trying to set it up with a GUI.
I'm on CentOS 7 (64 bit) and I've run the following commands:
yum ...
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Creating a virtual X11 output with Nvidia driver
I'm attempting to follow this guide to extend the desktop on computer A to computer B by creating a virtual output on computer A and using vnc to display the virtual output on computer B.
The ...
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TigerVNC is running, but not listening on any port?
I'm on CentOS 7 with TigerVNC installed. I have started it up (I think), but I can't connect to it.
Here's what leads me to think it's running:
$ vncserver -list
TigerVNC server sessions:
X ...
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OpenSuse minimal server doesn't boot after restart
I am trying to configure a remote server running OpenSuse 13.2 x64 minimal and I believe I have messed something up since the server will not boot anymore after issuing shutdown -r now.
Since I only ...
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What does :0 mean in vnc configuration?
When I configured VNC server there were strings
VNCSERVERS="1:oracle"
VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 800x600"
When I connected via VNC and run w command, I saw that current display is :1.
[oracle@...
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Kill LXDE when disconnecting from VNC
I've managed to set up LXDE to start only when I connect over VNC.
But I'm putting together a small web server that has low CPU and RAM.
LXDE is really cool because it requires only a little of that ...
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Why is my R graphics device not refreshing and gets drawn so slowly through VNC?
The plotting speed of the graphics device is extremely slow when I use a VNC connection. The rest of the connection works perfectly fine so I cannot blame the network, it is specifically R devices ...
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can't launch android emulator while logged in over vnc?
i have a headless box running bbqlinux that i'm trying to use as an android-studio development box. when i go to launch an .avd in the emulator, i receive this error:
Cannot launch AVD in emulator
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Can two USB RNDIS gadgets with the same IP connect to one computer's VNC servers?
I have two android gadgets set to USB tether mode, connecting to one computer.
I'd like to have one gadget connect to VNC on port 5900 and the other on port 5902.
When they're both connected, the ...
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Time is not synchronized in Linux VM
I am using one Linux VM through VNC viewer from my Windows machine.
What I am seeing is that time between two is not synchronized. It seems that the VM is about 5 minutes delayed from Windows (windows ...
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How to let Qemu autoselect a listening port for Spice?
I'm switching some VMs from VNC display type to SPICE.
VNC display type offers a very handy to= parameter allowing QEMU to automatically use the first free port from a defined range:
-display vnc=...
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enabling vnc after using virt-install
I've created a virtual machine using virt-install with graphics --none. I want to enable vnc. I've tried
virsh -c qemu:///system qemu-monitor-command vm171-SC-1 --hmp change vnc :3
but it doesn't ...
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tightvncserver same version different behaviour
I'm not sure if this belongs on StackOverflow or here, but since the programs work on one version of Ubuntu, I try here.
We have a small python application that starts a virtual X display on the ...
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VNC rendering is all fragmented
I have my VNC server so configured, that it requires me to establish an ssh tunnel and connect to it on localhost:1 with my vncviewer. Now the connectivity seems to work fine but the rendering of the ...
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How to run vncserver as a user (not root)?
I'd like to remote access a desktop of a specfic user and not a root desktop; however when I run the vncserver it always produces a rooted desktop.
This could be related to the installation of ...
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Required new 'X' desktop for VNC?
I'm on Raspberry pi 2, running Raspian, and using Ubuntu 14.04. I am using the tightvncserver. I don't think I should have to start a new 'X' desktop each time I want to VNC into the pi, but whenever ...
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Problem accessing server with VNC
I'm at a loss, I have followed the guide on https://www.linode.com/docs/applications/remote-desktop/using-vnc-to-operate-a-desktop-on-ubuntu-12-04 to configure my headless server to allow access via ...
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Sometimes-but-not-always tiny font via VNC?
I'm using tightvncserver on a Debian 7.8 to access the machine from Windows. The Windows machine has a 4K resolution, so I've manually set the -geometry to be quite large. The first couple times I ...
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Creating X11VNC Server Initscript not successful on boot (manually started works)
I have installed X11VNC and starting it on a running System (with X and XFCE running) in a terminal does work. I have written a startup script (used the skeleton in /etc/init.d/skeleton) for that. ...
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Running VNC viewer from windows 8.1 to Debian Jessie, doesn't work
I'm trying to implement a vncviewer on my windows 8.1 to remote my server running Debian Jessie with DE Gnome 3.14.1 but it doesn't work.
I've verified my xstartup file and it looks like this:
#!/...
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Booting into VNCViewer on a Raspberry Pi.
Here's my problem. I'm new to Linux scripting and RasPi and I am beating my head against the wall on an issue. I want to use this raspi for displaying a vm using VNC. I got VNC installed. Created a ....
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CDE and AIX nothing work
On other unix systems,simply set "dtsession" on .xstartup file of vnc
start the cde session.
On aix i have this problem when i start the session,appear only an error message
The DT messaging system ...
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KRDC to Debian machine gives blue screen on reboot
I have two Debian machines, using XRDP on one and KRDC on the other to create an RDP connection between the two. This process works fine, until I reboot the server. Then, most often, after the server ...
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Host linux distro without GUI?
I saw this video on Youtube: Run Kali Linux on Android
The phone uses the app: Linux deploy, which uses the phone
to host the distro, but there's is no GUI. The only way to
connect to Kali, is by ...
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Checking desktop environment from command line
I am using SSH to login into my Linux RedHat server from my Windows machine. I want to create a GUI in python on the server but I am not sure if there exists any Desktop environment on the server. I ...
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How configure properly vncserver in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5
I'm trying to start vncserver in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 with an user created for that but when I type vncserver I got:
WARNING: The first attempt to start Xvnc failed, possibly ...
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ssh and VNC connections are directed back to the original machine by dynamic DNS server
First question I've asked here so please forgive me if I accidentally break a rule.
I recently set up an ssh server on my home machine, and am using ddclient to keep the dynamic DNS service at ...
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Dependencies problems installing VNC Server in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5
I'm triying to install VNC Server in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5. I have the .rpm of VNC Server, but it has a depedency with xterm, which I have the .rpm too. Trying to install xterm ...
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Cannot get Tiger-Vnc To Work on Fedora 21 [closed]
I have followed both the directions here and here. I have gotten very far, but the last task on those guides is to run systemctl start vncserver@:10.service and there I get an error.
When I run that ...
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VNC/SSH: How to execute a command after logging in?
I'm looking for a way to create a VNC console user that executes the command screen or bash immediately after logging in so they get their own restricted shell for executing commands etc. Screen/bash ...
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Fast drop-in replacement for “ssh -X” [duplicate]
I'm looking for something to provide faster X11 fowarding than ssh -X provides. I do not need a full GUI session or the ability to drop/resume user sessions. I use NX regularly, but as far as I can ...
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How to access the remote desktop of SLED 11 sp3
All, I am trying to establish the remote desktop access to my SUSE Linux from windows 7.
I install the GNome as the graphic environment for SUSE. And I can started the vnc server in the SUSE. and I ...
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CentOS 7 VNC users dont share desktop session
I installed VNC server on a CentOS machine. I set up a user, and then enabled the VNC server for them on startup following these steps: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-...
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clipboard not working when connecting via rdesktop to xrdp-sesman
I have a Debian machine with xrdp-sesman setup following way
Xvnc 127.0.0.1:5910
xrdp-sesman 127.0.0.1:3350
xrdp 0.0.0.0:3389
I am connecting to this machine with rdesktop ...
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VNC not installing in ubuntu 12.04.5 LST
I am trying to install VNC server though putty, but it is not getting installed.
I have run following command to install
sudo apt-get install gnome-core
sudo apt-get install vnc4server
vncserver
I ...
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How to run Xserver with VESA driver on top using 24bpp
I am trying to trigger a bug, and to do that I need to run Xserver with VESA driver on top using 24bpp.
I have qemu VMs with all sorts of distors (Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, OpenSUSE), so please feel ...
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Deleting text selection in VNC cuts it instead of deleting it
I have a VNC session running and I'd like to share the clipboard between the two systems bidirectionally. The operation that's failing is where I take a URL from my desktop's web browser, go to my vnc ...
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vnc: unable to get a shell prompt with the default opened terminal application
I am setting up a VNC server (vnc4server on mint) and I have a default xstartup file in ~/.vnc. I am using twm window manager. When I connect to the VNC server, I can authenticate successfully and see ...
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X11 confusion with windows/solaris/windows config
I am struggling with X11 forwarding ....
I use a Windows 7 laptop to Putty onto a Sun T2000 running Solaris 10.
I have got ssh -> X11 -> X11 Forwarding ticked but nothing in the the X display ...
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Can't add keyboard layout on Debian remote desktop
I want to enable Russian keyboard layout on a Debian remote desktop (connected with Xvnc). dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration changed /etc/default/keyboard as desired:
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How to do x2go Remote Login for Machine Initialization?
I am a cloud computer user.
In order to create a new virtual machine in the cloud, usually I have to initialize it using vnc viewer in the cloud control panel before I can access it with x2go client.
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How to share Windows clipboard with Linux using TightVNC?
I'm connecting to my Debian squeeze server through the Windows TightVNC viewer and tightvncserver on Linux. I have put the following line in my ~/.vnc/xstartup file:
autocutsel -fork
However, this ...
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Why did this iptables rule block my webserver?
I was setting up Mathematica on a remote server, and needed access to the UI.
I set up VNC according to http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/VNC-Server , and got it working, which involved making an ...
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expand screen using vnc server [duplicate]
Background:
If you connect a 2nd monitor/projector by cable to a computer, you often can easy make the screen expand, so each monitor have there own area of the screen, and you can move windows ...
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_update-rc.d vncserver-x11-serviced defaults_ COMMAND = There is a loop between service rc.local and mountkernfs if started… ERROR
I have the latest version of Debian and have installed RealVNC on it. After installation I tried to autorun RealVNC when the system boots.
So I found this: vncserver-x11-serviced - VNC® X11 ...
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Make one VNC server appear as two displays in RHEL
I have a VNC server running in virtual mode in RHEL and I am viewing it on a PC which has two screens. I can make the server use both of my screens by setting the resolution large enough:
xrandr -s ...
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Start X11vnc on boot at SLIM login window
Debian 7.7 Wheezy, xorg, SLIM, i3
I'm unable to have x11vnc -usepw -forever started with SLIM, to offer a vnc connection on boot, as I do not have a monitor attached to the computer. I tried to add ...
