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[[vnc]] allows you to connect to a remote computer's display over the [[network]]. It consists of a client and a server. The client is the viewer, the server provides the display. You can also allow browsers to view the server's desktop.
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[[vnc]] allows you to [[control a computer]]'s display over the [[network]]. It consists of a client and a server. The client is the viewer, the server provides the display.
  
= server =
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To read on [[find out your distribution]].
  
== for a web browser ==
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= Ubuntu =
To configure vnc so it can be viewed from a web browser:
 
  
=== Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) ===
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== Server ==
Read and follow http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/all/tightvnc-java/download, then
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To set up a VNC server with Ubuntu [[open a console]] and issue
  sudo apt-get install tighvnc-java
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sudo apt-get update
  vncserver -httpport 80
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sudo apt-get install tightvncserver
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To start it issue the [[command]]
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vncserver
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To stop it issue the command
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sudo killall Xtightvnc
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== Client ==
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Command
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vncviewer ''myserver'':1
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= Hints =
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* as desktop environment consider XFCE. It is lightweight yet provides a clearly guided user experience. Your .vnc/xstartup could look like this:
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#!/bin/sh
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xfce4-session
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To get this working you must install xfce4. You can also [[install gnome]] and set .vnc/xstartup to be
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#!/bin/sh
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gnome-session
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= TroubleShooting =
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== fonts do not work ==
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Fonts e.g. in nautilus do not work. For CentOs 6:
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  yum install bitmap-miscfixed-fonts
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== only black window shown ==
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For SUSE:
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  /etc/init.d/xdm restart
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= See also =
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* [[a Linux desktop in a website]]
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* [[Terminal Server]]
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* http://www.online-marketwatch.com/HttpTunnel4vnc/
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* http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7004096

Latest revision as of 19:05, 24 November 2015

vnc allows you to control a computer's display over the network. It consists of a client and a server. The client is the viewer, the server provides the display.

To read on find out your distribution.

Ubuntu

Server

To set up a VNC server with Ubuntu open a console and issue

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tightvncserver

To start it issue the command

vncserver

To stop it issue the command

sudo killall Xtightvnc

Client

Command

vncviewer myserver:1

Hints

  • as desktop environment consider XFCE. It is lightweight yet provides a clearly guided user experience. Your .vnc/xstartup could look like this:
#!/bin/sh
xfce4-session

To get this working you must install xfce4. You can also install gnome and set .vnc/xstartup to be

#!/bin/sh
gnome-session

TroubleShooting

fonts do not work

Fonts e.g. in nautilus do not work. For CentOs 6:

yum install bitmap-miscfixed-fonts

only black window shown

For SUSE:

/etc/init.d/xdm restart

See also