#1 2020-10-11 12:34:15

carutad

New Member

Registered: 2020-09-27

Posts: 4

VNC server: which one?

Hello

I needed to install a vnc server on a PC located in a cold room so that I can access it from a warmer place. The server is running on BL and the viewer (Tightvnc) is on a windows machine.

I installed the one available on BL under "BL Utilities --> Remote Desktop". It is Vino. After adjusting a few options, I managed to make it work.
I could see the remote PC as if I was sitting behind its screen. Fantastic!

Both machines are inside my home network, so I am not too concerned about security. Anyway, I wanted to add a password, just in case. Well, I did not manage! Is that so complicated?

I decided to purge the Vino :-) and get Tightvnc from the Synaptic package manager. It was promising; easy enough to create a password.
I added the following code (found on internet) to my ~/.vnc/xstartup file: (don't forget to change the permissions on that file to make it executable!)

#!/bin/sh
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec openbox-session &

I made a connection from my Win machine and could only see a grey background. I didn't believe it.
Ok, right-clicking on the background brought a menu but it was not the one normally seen on BL. I could run some apps but neither the file manager for example nor any apps that would require to be root like Gparted.

I did not want to give up and got X11vnc through the Synaptic package manager again. Success!
Everything works as expected. There are a lot of options that can be set on the command line.
So far so good!

x11vnc -usepw -many

Let me know how you manage to make Tightvnc or Vino working on your machines.

P.S.: I found some explanation how to create a password in Vino  here

Just too late now...

Thanks

zen89

New Member

Registered: 2020-11-08

Posts: 1

Re: VNC server: which one?

Hello

I needed to install a vnc server on a PC located in a cold room so that I can access it from a warmer place. The server is running on BL and the viewer (Tightvnc) is on a windows machine.

I installed the one available on BL under "BL Utilities --> Remote Desktop". It is Vino. After adjusting a few options, I managed to make it work.
I could see the remote PC as if I was sitting behind its screen. Fantastic!

Both machines are inside my home network, so I am not too concerned about security. Anyway, I wanted to add a password, just in case. Well, I did not manage! Is that so complicated?

I decided to purge the Vino :-) and get Tightvnc from the Synaptic package manager. It was promising; easy enough to create a password.
I added the following code (found on internet) to my ~/.vnc/xstartup file: (don't forget to change the permissions on that file to make it executable!)

#!/bin/sh
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec openbox-session &

I made a connection from my Win machine and could only see a grey background. I didn't believe it.
Ok, right-clicking on the background brought a menu but it was not the one normally seen on BL. I could run some apps but neither the file manager for example nor any apps that would require to be root like Gparted.

I did not want to give up and got X11vnc through the Synaptic package manager again. Success!
Everything works as expected. There are a lot of options that can be set on the command line.
So far so good!

x11vnc -usepw -many

Let me know how you manage to make Tightvnc or Vino working on your machines.

P.S.: I found some explanation how to create a password in Vino  here

Just too late now...

Thanks

Any update on this OP? I'm kinda having the same issues on my side too.

ohnonot

...again

Registered: 2015-09-29

Posts: 5,592

Re: VNC server: which one?

Any update on this OP? I'm kinda having the same issues on my side too.

"kinda the same issue"? Please elaborate.
OP described problems with the first two approaches and a success for the third, all in much detail.