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How to start a VNC session with multiple monitor

The work in my lab requires dual monitor (well I can live with only one monitor, but I will have to constantly switching between windows). A headless server (no monitor) is running CentOS 6 64 bit GNOME, with Tiger VNC server version…
Alex Allen
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getpassword error: Inappropriate ioctl for device vnc error

I installed tigervnc-server package in server. [root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa tigervnc tigervnc-1.1.0-16.el6.x86_64 Created a vnc user and created vncpasswd also for that user. [root@localhost ~]# useradd vnc [root@localhost ~]# vncpasswd…
max
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Tigervnc connection refused when using IP address, and accepted with 127.0.0.1

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I performed an apt get tigervnc-standalone-server adn tigervnc-common. I am using an xstartup from another host that is running the same setup. When I attempt to connect to the box with the tigervnc client, I get a…
Rich Maes
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Tigervnc server ignores configuration file

I am using tigervnc 1.6.0 on Slackware 14.2. According to the documentation I should be able to place a file in $HOME/.vnc/config and define some settings I always want to apply, thus eliminating the need to pass them on the command line every time…
nautical
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Setting up TigerVNC viewer in WSL

I am trying to connect to a remote ubuntu server running TigerVNC servers. I can login through PuTTy to the machine fine and CLI is working great. However, I do run some applications that require a GUI, so I'm trying to get the remote GUI visible on…
NoseKnowsAll
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TigerVNC with Gnome window manager under Ubuntu Bionic Turtle 20.04.1

I believe, this post could be useful for community as a guide what to expect from TigerVNC and Ubuntu. If there is a better place, or better format - please suggest where to put it. There are few small tricks, which make things working, but which…
Paul Vetrov
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KDE panel missing on tigervnc vnc session

I want to gain VNC access to a tigervnc server. Both laptops runs with ArchLinux sddm KDE xorg (not wayland) and it took me a day to get the server running and an Dolphin is opening - just nothing else. my xstartup file contains the following: …
Ingo Mi
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TigerVNC server service startup fails

Trying to install TigerVNC for remote dektop access (as root) on a centos7 machine, based on this article. Have the following configs [root@HW01 ~]# cat /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:1.service # The vncserver service unit file # # Quick HowTo: # 1.…
lampShadesDrifter
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Install and Configure TigerVNC on macOS

I've been looking for a new VNC server and came across TigerVNC. I'm trying hard to read the documentation to install, it's totally command line based and I'm a bit stuck. I've searched for others online, but only came across instructions for…
Mike
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No connection to KRFB system remotely?

I am just so lost trying to get a secure desktop sharing working with KRFB. I keep following tutorial after tutorial and nothing works. I am however successfully able to connect locally right away using ssvnc-viewer with KRFB. Plus, all the…
ThN
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VNC desktop freezes when I try to change screen resolution

I'm using MobaXterm to connect to a remote Ubuntu 22.04 GNOME GUI desktop through VNC. The VNC server is started with the following command: vncserver -localhost no -geometry 3840x2160 :5 The VNC desktop works fine until I try to change screen…
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TigerVNC Viewer "The connection was dropped by the server before the session could be established"

I want to set up a GUI on an AWS instance, following the instructions in this guide. I was able to do this on my first instance, but there was insufficient RAM for my purposes so I upgraded to a larger server. Now when I attempt to connect I get the…
John
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VNC FullScreen in a multi-monitor setting grabs all keyboard input

I have eight monitors in a RHEL7 setup, all running Motif Window Manager (MWM), with one or more monitors showing only a vncviewer session. As long as vncviewer is windowed, this behaves as expected: keyboard input is directed to the window that has…
CassandraB
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TigerVNC server not working within systemctl but works fine separately

I've set up TigerVNC server on Ubuntu 22.04LTS. I've created a file at /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service to make the service start on start-up, using the following configuration: [Unit] Description=Start TigerVNC server at…
Pal Kerecsenyi
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How to copy/paste with the TigerVNC screen scraping server?

I have the TigerVNC screen scraping server installed so that I can server up the actual display session to other computers. My windows client is the latest TigerVNC viewer. All is working well enough, though I don't seem to be able to copy and paste…
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