Set up a VNC server

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

TroubleShooting

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

yum install bitmap-miscfixed-fonts

See also

• http://www.online-marketwatch.com/HttpTunnel4vnc/