Questions tagged [vncviewer]
VNC viewer enables you to connect to a specific remote computer and control it.
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How to set up remote desktop sharing through SSH?
Is there a way to view (and control) a remote desktop through SSH? I will not have physical access to the remote host machine.
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What do I need for remotely accessing my Ubuntu 14.04 desktop?
I am at a loss as to how to set up my machine for remote connection. Do I need to install a VNC server (which one?) or is Vino (installed by default) enough?
I opened Desktop Sharing Preferences ...
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Installing VNC server/client in Ubuntu 12.04
I want to install VNC server/client with the GUI in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin.
I found a tutorial for this task. But if I followed this tutorial I will lose my Unity desktop and ends with a Gnome ...
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display xubuntu desktop on android tablet
I want to use my android tablet as a secondary display for my Xubuntu laptop, not to mirror the laptop but as an additional desktop -- I do not need to drag windows from one to the other, and it is ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 desktop, VNC viewer not refreshing screen
I've had this issues across multiple machines and multiple versions of Ubuntu desktop (all 10.04 or later). Usually it happens with an old laptop I've put Ubuntu on but now it's happening on my ...
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Colours/Background messed up in VNC Viewer
I've set up vncserver on my new build and I can connect using RealVNC VNC Viewer, however the colours are a bit off and it looks kind of awful. See this screenshot:
What can I do to put this right?
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Creating .desktop file
I have tried to create a .desktop file to run vncviewer (tight vnc connecting to a mac). I have entered below into the file.
[Desktop Entry]
Version=x.y
Name=VNCViewer
Comment=This is my comment
Exec=...
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Remmina connects to Ubuntu 18.10 but TigerVNC viewer gives No matching security types error
(I am not looking for answers such as "Stop using VNC as it is
insecure", nor do I need answers recommending different VNC
implementations, as I'm specifically wanting to get TigerVNC to
function ...
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VNC server, how to show upper right panel?
I installed TightVNC Server version 1.3.10 in ubuntu 16.04. The configuration in xstartup file is as following.
#!/bin/bash
unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
gnome-panel &
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Use different screen resolution in vncviewer session from the server
I have a 1920x1080 screen connected directly to my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS server.
I am connecting to it via vino (server side) and vncviewer (client side, Win 10).
In my client, I have a 1366x768 screen.
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Blank screen with vnc on Ubuntu 17.10
I am getting just a black screen with a white cursor in VNC Viewer on Windows 10. I have tried many incantations of x11vnc command with Gnome on Ubuntu 17.10, currently:
sudo x11vnc -many -auth /run/...
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Does vncviewer require X locally?
Does vncviewer require an X server to work?
I have installed Ubuntu Server 12.04, as well as the xtightvncviewer package. When running vncviewer, it claims that it cannot find the display.
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VNC viewer grey screen since upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04 from Ubuntu 12
Before we begin, please excuse my complete ignorance, I am a relative novice to system administration.
I know there are a few posts so far about Ubuntu 14.04 messing with VNC connections. So far my ...
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VNC connection problem between Windows RealVNC viewer and Ubuntu 18.04 TightVNC server
I want to establish VNC session between RealVNC Viewer in Windows 10 and TightVNC server in Ubuntu 18.04. I want to see from Windows full Ubuntu desktop. I looked at following resources:
Configuring a ...
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how to connect to the Vino server desktop from the client-side?
I read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC/Servers
to configure vino server on my ubuntu 16.04.LTS desktop.
Using other vnc servers, I used to connect to 129.254.xxx.yyy:1 (when the vnc session is 1....
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VNCviewer tunneling command failed
command:
vncviewer -via 192.168.x.x@administrator localhost:0
ssh: connect to host administrator port 22: No route to host
vncviewer: Tunneling command failed: /usr/bin/ssh -f -L 5599:localhost:5900 ...
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Access VNC server running in Android from Ubuntu
I am running ubuntu in an android phone and I have the address of its vnc server. Is it possible to access the vncserver from another computer in the same network?
I connected the laptop to the ...
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Help: cannot install a gz package on Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit
I am a new Ubuntu user. I'm trying to install a package in a file called VNC-Viewer-5.0.3-Linux-x86.gz. I keep having problems.
The package is in my folder: /home/Downloads/VNC-Viewer-5.0.3-Linux-x86....
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Authentication Failure when using any VNC Viewer (Windows) with VNC Server on Ubuntu 12.04
I'm new to VNC on Linux and have been following these general instructions to try connect to my Ubuntu 12.04 VPS and view the Linux GUI, but have been getting authentication failure messages when ...
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ssvncviewer copy/paste?
I'm running the ssvncviewer against x1vnc, ubuntu on both sides. I've trying to use the F8 menu to copy paste. Neither local to or from remote seem to work. Am I missing something.
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UI For My Ubuntu Machine
I'm running an Ubuntu server with Digital Ocean. I want full UI access, like a personal computer, however this is hard. I have a VNC server running. When I connect, the only way I can open windows, is ...
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VNC Server does not display application GUI
I run a VNC Server on an ubuntu 18.04 linux desktop, and connect it using my Windows 10 PC, It was working just fine until I rebooted my server, now none of the applications open GUI, Clicking on &...
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X11VNC When open VNC connection my desktop is being kind of duplicated
Pretty new to Linux, so my question might be a dummy one.
I have ubuntu 20.10 on raspberry Pi 4 (8GB) with Desktop environment. Installed X11VNC and spent some time configuring it. After few hours ...
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Configuring VNC session for admin rights on ubuntu
I configured VNC on Ubuntu headless, using this tutorial.
I don't have any administrative access to set up anything and I need to know what I need to do to raise the level permission on the file ...
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Can you design buttons on a Ubuntu/Android tablet that is to be used as a virtual keyboard for your desktop?
Running out of buttons
After using Autohotkey for remapping, I soon didn't have enough keyboard buttons to attach macros or scripts to them, so I'd have to make new scripts that use the same button. ...
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Vinagre has max password length?
When authenticating a user on the remote machine, the form limits the password to 8 characters, why? The password is longer than 8 characters.
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How to increase DPI of vncviewer?
vncviewer doesn't scale with the DPI of your display, I can't make out anything on this tiny thing:
I'm having eye strain from that. The GDK_SCALE=x or GDK_DPI_SCALE=x approaches don't work.
How to ...
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Ubuntu Server 20.04 running TightVNCServer > Main Menu in MATE desktop keeps closing by itself when clicked on from VNCViewer client
I am running Ubuntu Server 20.04 on a Raspberry Pi 4. I installed TightVNCServer so I could access the MATE desktop from VNCViewer on a Windows 7 laptop. The Pi 4 is overclocked to 2Ghz and has 4GB ...
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Cannot VNC to KVM Guest
I am trying to install Ubuntu desktop in a KVM guest on my Ubuntu server host. Both version 14.04 and 64-bit.
I got through the virt-install ok
sudo virt-install -n desktop -r 1024 --disk path=/dev/...
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Tunneled XVNC connection to Ubuntu 13.04 from Windows 7 client -- painfully slow!
I recently upgraded to UBUNTU 13.04. Prior to the upgrade I was effectively using xrdp to access my unity 2d (gnome-fallback-session) desktop from my windows 7 client. With the upgrade my ...
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How to run multiple terminals on remote ubuntu server through ultravnc?
I am trying to simultaneously run multiple instances of my application from terminal on remote ubuntu server. Single terminal is required for running a single instance of application. I am accessing ...
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Peculiar remote desktop problem after 22.04 LTS upgrade
Finally got around to upgrading a second computer on my home network to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and for the most part the upgrade went well (I had the apparently not-uncommon usrmerge problem, which I ...
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How to set up VNC Server in Ubuntu Mate on Raspberry Pi
I have 3 RPis running on my system. Two of them are set up with Raspian and the most recent one is set up with Ubuntu Mate (I have Mate on my laptop and really like it). With the two Raspian ones, I ...
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How to install X11 (VNC VIEWER) in Ubuntu 18.04 and above to take system in remote with graphical interface?
Please help me to install X11 VNC VIEWER with graphical login screen in 18.04 and above.
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Remote Desktop Sharing in Ubuntu 20.04 "frozen" when monitor is disconnected by KVM
I am able to enable remote desktop in Ubuntu (with Vino), and it works fine as long as the monitor is active.
When the KVM controlling the Ubuntu box is switched to a different system, the Remote ...
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Too many authentication failures VNC server and many connection with different ip
I wanted to connect to this and get me this error Too many authentication failures VNC server.
i user pgrep vnc and kill all process id , and run vncserver but i received the same error,
Inside the ...
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X11VNC Timed out waiting for a response from the computer
My objective is to view chrome browser UI on an AWS-EC2-Ubuntu machine. I logged into AWS-Ubuntu server via my MAC Terminal, installed X11vnc on Ubuntu server and started X11vnc using the below ...
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Unable to connect to remote server with vnc viewer
(Tight)VNC server at the remote desktop is set up well. This I could verify by connecting to it from my PC (Ubuntu 18.04). But when I try to login to the server from my laptop (Ubuntu 16:04) using ...
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Display problems with remote connection
I encounter display problems while connecting to my server with x11vnc.
I manage to get a connection and display Gdm but when I login, I get this awfull screen, I suppose it's a problem with Gnome:
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X11 VNC server in 17.10
I cannot get VNCserver to run at all in 17.10 AA. It ran well in 17.04. When I launch it, It indicates that another version is already running. I believe the firewall is open. I have reinstalled 17....
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VNC Showing Grey Screen
The screen is showing this strange grey/black image when I use VNC. None of my files can be accessed and I can't do anything. It is Ubuntu 16.04. Please any suggestions are needed.
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xfce4 vncviewer modifiers button1 not sent
I am affraid this is either a duplicate or a hard to explain situation, will see.
I have a remote legacy system runnng on 'old' xwindow sytem with a 'old' vnc server on it. in there I goet a xemacs ...
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TightVNC viewer closes erraticly after starting a program
I have Ubuntu 14.04 and connect with TightVNC viewer from Windows 10. It seems to go well, until I start a program, for example an internet explorer. It then just closes, with the message: "Connection ...
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Why can color setting affect VNC connection?
By following the post Cannot VNC to KVM Guest, I managed to connect to my guest VM through VNC. But, it's just weird that color setting can lead to an unexpected close of VNC connections. I would like ...
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How to start VPN on Ubuntu server that is remotely controlled by VNC-viewer?
How to start VPN on Ubuntu server (in order to change server IP address) that is remotely controlled by VNC-viewer?
I use Expressvpn and this guide: https://www.expressvpn.com/support/vpn-setup/linux-...
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How to create dconf site setting file to disable all Super Key assignments
The site https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/dconf/SystemAdministrators indicates that there is a method to install a single file to override the defaults provided with GNOME in a proper manner from an ...
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Ubuntu not display the remote desktop properly?
I am using:
PuTTY [release 0.63]
TightVNC Viewer for windows [version 2.7.10]
windows server 2012 r2 on Windows Azure.
To connect remote desktop of my Ubuntu machine on windows azure [Ubuntu 13.10]....
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X forwarding from Ubuntu Server Ed to Windows 7
The Goal:
I would like to open a program from my ubuntu server in my windows 7 desktop.
Steps Taken:
Putty > SSH > X11 check 'enable port forwarding'
I have started VNC Viewer in listening mode
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How do I control remote Windows 7 machine? VNC/RDP/?
I have a Windows 7 laptop that's going out and about and I'd like to be able to admin' it from my Ubuntu (precise) desktop.
While the laptop is in my office I can use Gnome's "Remote Desktop Viewer" (...
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connecting to vncserver if started with service
I've followed the instructions here to set up a vncserver service: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-vnc-on-ubuntu-14-04
I only used the section on ...