Difference between revisions of "Set up a VNC server"

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  sudo apt-get install tightvnc-java tightvncserver
 
  sudo apt-get install tightvnc-java tightvncserver
 
  vncserver -httpport 80
 
  vncserver -httpport 80
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=== Ubuntu 10.04 ===
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Errors like
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Xtightvnc[6159]: segfault at e28116d8 ip 00007fdee17c635e sp 00007fffc36b0930 error 4 in libc-2.11.1.so[7fdee177d000+17a000]

Revision as of 21:40, 24 November 2010

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.

server

for a web browser

To configure vnc so it can be viewed from a web browser:

Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy)

Read and follow http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/all/tightvnc-java/download, then

sudo apt-get install tightvnc-java xfonts-base
vncserver -httpport 80

Ubuntu 9.10

sudo apt-get install tightvnc-java tightvncserver
vncserver -httpport 80

Ubuntu 10.04

Errors like

Xtightvnc[6159]: segfault at e28116d8 ip 00007fdee17c635e sp 00007fffc36b0930 error 4 in libc-2.11.1.so[7fdee177d000+17a000]