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Questions tagged [vncserver]

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Is there a more graceful way of listing vncserver sessions than just getting the list of running PIDs?

How do you list your vncserver sessions? This article says to do this: $ cat ~/.vnc/*.pid 5910 6790 16589 21891 ... and many more Using this method, I could write a script to check each pid, but there has got to be something better. Is there a…
Jess
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How to change screen resolution of VNC server without restarting it?

Is it possible to change the resolution of the viewer specified during starting of the vnc server with the geometry command line argument? I have a vncserver configured for a wide screen monitor but I want to view it on a 1024x768 screen.
Rohit Banga
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Automatically start VNC server on startup

I installed the Ubuntu desktop on a Ubuntu 9.10 VPS server and am able to connect to the server using TightVNC. However, the VNC server on this VPS can only be started by logging in through SSH and typing the following command: vncserver :1…
Zero
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What is the correct way to kill a vncsession in linux?

When I run the following command in my remote linux box that I connect to from my windows 7 laptop via VNC I get the following : [subhrcho@slc04lyo ~]$ ps -ef|grep vnc subhrcho 20113 19804 0 21:40 pts/8 00:00:00 grep vnc subhrcho 27486 1 0…
Geek
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Remmina: Unknown authentication scheme from VNC server: 13, 5, 6, 130, 192

I am trying to set up a VNC connection from my PC (Ubuntu 18.04) to a headless (I can use only terminal) Raspberry Pi zero w (Rasbian 2020) using Remmina, but I am getting the error window: Unknown authentication scheme from VNC server: 13, 5, 6,…
Phineas
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Is it possible to run games over remote desktop?

I'm not expecting to run hardcore games, but maybe simpler games where low frame is OK. I have a 1gbit network between my computers. How can I set up my computers so I can remotely play games?
Amir Rezaei
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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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Use Laptop as monitor (Ubuntu 18.04)

I have two laptops, both with Ubuntu installed. In the same network, I want one of them to be converted to simply be a monitor (like a slave for the main laptop, but not only share keyboard and mouse like barrier, it should become a slave, in other…
dack funk
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TightVNC server not listening for connections

When I start TightVNC in Windows and I put the mouse over the taskbar icon it says that TightVNC server is not listening for connections. Edit: It started listening to connection again, and is working fine. I don't know what happened before.
tony_sid
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VNC into a virtual machine

If I am running a virtual machine can I VNC into that machine? How can it be done?
Phenom
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How do I start/restart RealVNC Enterprise Server for Mac via the command line?

How do I start/restart RealVNC Enterprise Server for Mac via the command line? Perhaps also how do I tell (via command line, whether RealVNC Enterprise Server is running or not)
Greg
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Start VNC session without the full GUI desktop? (seamless window)

I would like to start a vncserver on *NIX machine and then on the client side (windows XP) I would like to be able to have just the terminal from the server machine (like gnome-terminal) without having the full desktop displayed on my client…
stephenmm
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VNC on windows 7 with administrator rights

I have a weird problem with VNC server (UltraVNC) on windows 7. I can connect to the server with no problems and use it as it should be. Until.. I try to launch some application with administrator rights (Run as Administrator). When I do that, a…
bezmax
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What's the best(free) vnc server software

I want a good VNC server to connect to my PC from my iPhone. What's my best bet?
Kells
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How do I get VNC to only serve up a specific display in windows?

I'm doing this nice little project which will please a bunch of iPod/iPhone users, but one of my last steps requires me to serve up a specific display on my computer, how do I specify which display to use? I found this quote from a mailing list…
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