Comments on: Remotely Manage Machines Using VNC

By: Mumrah

Mumrah — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:32:24 +0000

Hi, Thanks for this tutorial, however vnc4server is not running at boot.
The only time i’m able to connect using vncviewer is after i have logged into my linux server and start vnc4server. I would like vnc4server to run on boot and not have to manually start it.
I have the same issue with ssh also.

Any help would be appreciated.
Mumrah,

By: t0m5k1

t0m5k1 — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:22:54 +0000

thanks for the howto

i tried to get this running before on a earlier ubuntu (edgy, when this was first posted) but had issue’s when upgrading to feisty so i have used the built in libvino to view my home ubuntu gateway/firewall just enable remote desktop sharing on the server(system->preferences->remote desktop) & feed it the password instead of having YOU allow the connection. I also DO NOT have gdm running at startup & prefer to login via ssh & ONLY if needed i then start gui land (/etc/init.d/gdm restart) as this forces me to learn more cli & is more secure

however since upgrading to intrepid ibex as my main home desktop i find it easier to use the ’secure remote login’ (vnc over ssh) from within the login screen (power on & from login screen click: options->sessions->secure remote login) i have also used this from a friends house and it works a treat & its fast too but the log out can be a bit slow but the 3 finger linux salute (ctrl+alt+backspace) seems to sort it.

By: baron

baron — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:09:09 +0000

hi . i am try but error :

Error “unable to connect to hotst: Connection refused (10061)”

VNC Viewer 4

By: charesread

charesread — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:11:09 +0000

very informative! thanks alot!!!!

By: Luiz_BR

Luiz_BR — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:31:59 +0000

it helped me a lot!

By: Arrikhan

Arrikhan — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:17:35 +0000

Update from above, I was using vncserver, not vnc4server ! The latter works..

Arrikhan

By: Arrikhan

Arrikhan — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:47:43 +0000

I followed the above instructions with debian etch install and my initial (and future) VNC screen doesn’t have a temrinal window, its just all grey !! Help !!

I can logon locally, just not using VNC.

Anyone know how to fix?

By: Jeffunk

Jeffunk — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:42:42 +0000

In case any one else is struggling to get XFCE desktop working with VNC I offer the following suggestions.

Make sure that your xstartup file has “& xfwm4 & xfce4-panel &” in it.

Without the xfce4-panel included I just get a terminal window. Which was fine for a while, but I certainly prefer to have the whole panel.

By: BSD'd

BSD'd — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:14:03 +0000

I’ve been using TightVNC to connect to FreeBSD on a home net. Now I’d like to logon, from work using Putty/TightVNC, to the FreeBSD box, via
XP Pro box/Ananlogx portmapper.

I believe I’ve VNC’d into the XP Pro box:22 and got Analogx’d to the FreeBSD box.

How do I verify TightVNC’s route?

By: dietrich

dietrich — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 23:06:51 +0000

if you like vnc, then you’ll even better using vnc over ssh.
besides the added compression, ssh encrypts as vnc sends your password in ‘clear text’.

if you like vnc over ssh, then you’ll like even better nx (www.nomachine.com)–nothing better. period.

But don’t take my word for it–you can get your own free personal server edition of nx.

OK, that should do it.
(static line noise !@#$%^&* crackle) blip.

Good article.

By: Ugo Bellavance

Ugo Bellavance — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:48:34 +0000

You may want to have a look at ultravnc (www.ultravnc.com), especially if you also work with windows workstations. It supports AD authentication and costs 0. You can also use their single-click feature (SC) that allows you to configure a packaged .exe that will allow you to take control of a remote computer, even if it hasn't VNC installed. See the recent entry here

By: vagabondo

vagabondo — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:15:51 +0000

>This works the other way around…
Much better performance by enabling RDP on the MS machine and connect with rdesktop (krdc is a gui frontend). Use VNC for desktop sharing in helpdesk situations.

By: d0nk3y

d0nk3y — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:42:55 +0000

This works the other way around too. We use VNC on our windows servers – the enterprise version with AD authentication functionality.

I use the windows VNC enterprise viewer on my linux workstation with wine and it works a treat!

By: Béranger

Béranger — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:30:23 +0000

The short search link fro Debian (the last “here”) is as simple as that:
http://packages.debian.org/x11vnc