Re: vnc server

2013-04-18 Thread Chris Davies
ChadDavis wrote: > Clarification. Are you saying that some vnc servers serve up a remote > login to a new session, while others simply share an existing gnome > session? Yes. vino shares the existing Gnome session (see System > Preferences > Remote Desktop). I'm sure there's an equivalent for KD

Re: vnc server

2013-04-17 Thread Bob Proulx
ChadDavis wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > And then people found that starting a server was inconvenient. > > Wouldn't it be better to export the current desktop? Instead of > > exporting a new, unique and different desktop? It is possible. > > Clarification. Are you saying that some vnc servers

Re: vnc server

2013-04-17 Thread Jonathan Dowland
If you want to share your existing GNOME 3 desktop session, it's "vino", and you want to run "vino-preferences" to set the password, whether it's read only, etc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d

Re: vnc server

2013-04-17 Thread ChadDavis
> > The vncserver and xvncviewer names use the Debian Alternatives > system. You can read more about that here: > > That helps! > > And then people found that starting a server was inconvenient. > Wouldn't it be better to export the current desktop? Instead of > exporting a new, unique and diffe

Re: vnc server

2013-04-16 Thread Bob Proulx
ChadDavis wrote: > I'm a bit confused about what package is the vnc server that I need to run > in order to remote desktop into my machine. With VNC there are two parts, the client and the server. Normally you start the server first and then connect to it with a client. $ vncserver New 'loca

Re: VNC server

2011-07-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Engi Zoltán wrote: > "vncserver :3 -geometry 800x600" Should start a vnc session on display :3. Looks okay to me. > [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup > [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources > xsetroot -solid grey > vncconfig -iconic & > x-term -geometry 80x24+10+10

Re: VNC server

2011-07-10 Thread Engi Zoltán
On 2011.07.10. 18:54, Bob Proulx wrote: Engi Zoltán wrote: I start the vnc server on Debian linux. How did you start it? Please tell us the exact command that you used. The command is next "vncserver :3 -geometry 800x600" I tried connect to server but only get gray screen. Also show us your

Re: VNC server

2011-07-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Engi Zoltán wrote: > I start the vnc server on Debian linux. How did you start it? Please tell us the exact command that you used. > I tried connect to server but only get gray screen. Also show us your ~/.vnc/xstartup file. If you are only getting a grey screen then perhaps you have not start

Re: Vnc server

2010-05-10 Thread Lorenzo Beretta
Il 09/05/2010 21:50, Andrew Lapham ha scritto: Hello all. I'm new to debian (2 days) but have been using Linux for a while. Anyway my problem is with Vnc4server. Yesterday I set up my /home/.Vnc/xstartup to include gnome session and I commented terminal emulator. And I remoted in no problem (I

Re: Vnc server

2010-05-09 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 00:56, Andrew Lapham wrote: > Hello all. > > I'm new to debian (2 days) but have been using Linux for a while. Anyway my > problem is with Vnc4server. > > Yesterday I set up my /home/.Vnc/xstartup to include gnome session and I > commented terminal emulator. And I remoted

Re: VNC Server?

2009-04-27 Thread Jan Muszynski
Depo Catcher wrote: > uh, ok. Thanks > > Why didn't aptitude find it? > Because you're not using the version in experimental :) the versions currently in <=sid default to searching on package name only. This changes in the experimental version where the search parameters change. I almost always

Re: VNC Server?

2009-04-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,27.Apr.09, 00:19:06, Depo Catcher wrote: > > uh, ok. Thanks > > Why didn't aptitude find it? Because aptitude doesn't search for files in a package, not even if installed. It does search however in name, short description, long description and various (all?) other fields in the package

Re: VNC Server?

2009-04-26 Thread Depo Catcher
uh, ok.  Thanks Why didn't aptitude find it? Jan Muszynski wrote: Depo Catcher wrote: ok thanks. That worked. for bonus points, were/how do I install 'dos2unix' and 'unix2dos'... it doesn't come install by default nor does it show up in aptitude apt-file find dos2u

Re: VNC Server?

2009-04-26 Thread Jan Muszynski
Depo Catcher wrote: > > ok thanks. That worked. > > for bonus points, were/how do I install 'dos2unix' and 'unix2dos'... it > doesn't come install by default nor does it show up in aptitude apt-file find dos2unix tofrodos: /usr/bin/dos2unix apt-file find /usr/bin/unix2dos tofrodos: /usr/bin/un

Re: VNC Server?

2009-04-26 Thread Depo Catcher
ok thanks. That worked. for bonus points, were/how do I install 'dos2unix' and 'unix2dos'... it doesn't come install by default nor does it show up in aptitude Magnus Pedersen wrote: Depo Catcher wrote: What's the "linux" way of installing a Tight VNC Server? On windows, I just run the e

Re: VNC Server?

2009-04-25 Thread Magnus Pedersen
Depo Catcher wrote: What's the "linux" way of installing a Tight VNC Server? On windows, I just run the exe; on freebsd I just install for ports and/or packages. Both take under 3 minutes. I try 'apt-get install tightvnc' and it failed, saying there isn't a Debian package for this? .. that i

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-28 Thread Magnus Therning
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 12:23:42PM -0600, Eric Scott wrote: >On Monday 22 November 2004 10:18 am, Stephen Patterson wrote: >> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:00:18 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: >> > it might be reading ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession. Put the KDE window >> > manager binary path into that. I can'trem

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-23 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:23:42 -0600, Eric Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I start the VNC server it says it's "starting applications specified > in /etc/X11/Xsession" > I don't have a ~/.vnc/xstartup file or whatever... if I create one is VNC > likely to still read from it? > Thanx, >

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-22 Thread Vikas B N
Hi, it might be reading ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession. Put the KDE window manager binary path into that. I can'tremember what it's called, but for another window manager (say, pwm) you'd have /usr/bin/pwm ...in one of those files. It actually reads ~/.vnc/xstartup Put "startkde &" in the last line

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-22 Thread Eric Scott
On Monday 22 November 2004 10:30 am, Kent West wrote: > Eric Scott wrote: > >On Sunday 21 November 2004 11:23 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: > >>[snip] > >> > >>>I had a similar problem under Mandrake Linux 9.1 once, and peeps just > >>>told me > >>

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-22 Thread Eric Scott
On Monday 22 November 2004 10:18 am, Stephen Patterson wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:00:18 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > > it might be reading ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession. Put the KDE window > > manager binary path into that. I can'tremember what it's called, but > > for another window manager (say,

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-22 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:00:18 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > it might be reading ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession. Put the KDE window > manager binary path into that. I can'tremember what it's called, but > for another window manager (say, pwm) you'd have > /usr/bin/pwm VNC reads ~/.vnc/xstartup IIRC --

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-22 Thread Kent West
Eric Scott wrote: On Sunday 21 November 2004 11:23 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: [snip] I had a similar problem under Mandrake Linux 9.1 once, and peeps just told me The sound that a baby chicken makes, told you to upgrade to Mdk 9.2

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-22 Thread Eric Scott
On Sunday 21 November 2004 11:23 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: > [snip] > > > I had a similar problem under Mandrake Linux 9.1 once, and peeps just > > told me > > The sound that a baby chicken makes, told you to upgrade to Mdk 9.2 > That truly is

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-22 Thread Jon Dowland
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:52:02 -0600, Eric Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yo; > Just installed Sarge for the first time. I got VNC server up and running, and > accessed it from my near-by Mac (Good ol' Mac OS 8.1... haven't downloaded > Sarge PPC yet ;-) ). The X server pops up with the "X" cu

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:39:34PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 00:30 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:23:41PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: > > > [snip] > > > > I had a similar problem under Mandrake

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 00:30 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:23:41PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: > > [snip] > > > I had a similar problem under Mandrake Linux 9.1 once, and peeps just > > > told me > > > > The sound that

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 11:23:41PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: > [snip] > > I had a similar problem under Mandrake Linux 9.1 once, and peeps just told > > me > > The sound that a baby chicken makes, told you to upgrade to Mdk 9.2 > That tr

Re: VNC server desktop environment?

2004-11-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: [snip] > I had a similar problem under Mandrake Linux 9.1 once, and peeps just told me The sound that a baby chicken makes, told you to upgrade to Mdk 9.2 That truly is amazing. Do you have video? > "It's a bug, upgrade to 9.2." >