[SOLVED] Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2023-02-25 Thread piorunz
r WAN access I already have ssh tunnel which tunnels all traffic I want if need be. So, I don't think I need external, commercial, not open source solution for my simple remote access. I'd rather fix VNC server I have right now, or switch to different VNC server. Anyone has experience with VNC,

Re: VNC on debian 11 can't get it working on fress install

2022-10-15 Thread Michael Williams
Hi Mark, I had a similar issue. I changed the ~/.vnc/xstartup file to be: #!/bin/bash # Make sure that the SESSION_MANAGER environment variable is not set. unset SESSION_MANAGER # Launch Xfce in the foreground. startxfce4 and the "exited too early" problem went away. Hope

VNC on debian 11 can't get it working on fress install

2022-09-30 Thread Mark Tyfish
Hello all, I am struggling getting VNC to behave on a fresh install. I followed these instructions: https://computingforgeeks.com/install-and-configure-tigervnc-vnc-server-on-debian/ ~ This command works and brings up a vnc server I can log into: vncserver -xstartup startxfce4 & ~ 

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-09 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
gt; > > > > > > I use the tigervnc-standalone-server which is in the Debian packages > > > > > archives. I use it only on a trusted LAN network so I don't need an > > > > > encrypted vnc connection either, and I can access it remotely from the >

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread David
one-server which is in the Debian packages > > > > archives. I use it only on a trusted LAN network so I don't need an > > > > encrypted vnc connection either, and I can access it remotely from the > > > > Internet by connecting to the LAN using a VPN (I use strongswan

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
LAN network so I don't need an > > > encrypted vnc connection either, and I can access it remotely from the > > > Internet by connecting to the LAN using a VPN (I use strongswan/IKEv2 > > > for the VPN server). The main configuration files are at ~/.vnc, and > > >

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread David
On Thu, 8 Sept 2022 at 02:49, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/7/2022 12:13 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > I use the tigervnc-standalone-server which is in the Debian packages > > archives. I use it only on a trusted LAN network so I don't need an > > encrypted vnc co

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
o my needs, > > I just need reliable LAN access from one machine to another, as for WAN > > access I already have ssh tunnel which tunnels all traffic I want if > > need be. So, I don't think I need external, commercial, not open source > > solution for my simple remo

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
ls all traffic I want if > need be. So, I don't think I need external, commercial, not open source > solution for my simple remote access. I'd rather fix VNC server I have > right now, or switch to different VNC server. Anyone has experience with > VNC, or similar LAN protocols,

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 5:24 PM Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > >>> [1] https://www.nomachine.com/ > > > > Thanks for your replies guys. These solutions are overkill to my needs, > > I just need reliable LAN access from one machine to another, > NoMachine does exactly that. > It seems to be ver

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
ess experience to all my Linux and Windows hosts and IMO was a major step forward from slow, ancient and insecure VNC. I'd rather fix VNC server I have right now, or switch to different VNC server. Anyone has experience with VNC, or similar LAN protocols, which work? Thanks in advan

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Dashamir Hoxha
, I don't think I need external, commercial, not open source > solution for my simple remote access. I'd rather fix VNC server I have > right now, or switch to different VNC server. Anyone has experience with > VNC, or similar LAN protocols, which work? Thanks in advance. > I

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread Stanislav Vlasov
sh tunnel which tunnels all traffic I want if > need be. So, I don't think I need external, commercial, not open source > solution for my simple remote access. I'd rather fix VNC server I have > right now, or switch to different VNC server. Anyone has experience with > VNC, or sim

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-07 Thread piorunz
to another, as for WAN access I already have ssh tunnel which tunnels all traffic I want if need be. So, I don't think I need external, commercial, not open source solution for my simple remote access. I'd rather fix VNC server I have right now, or switch to different VNC server. Anyone has

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-06 Thread notoneofmyseeds
On 07.09.22 06:19, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: I've switched to NoMachine [1] a long time ago. It has all features I need, which are multi-platform and cross-OS support, public key authentication, reliable file transfer between hosts, and completely free no strings attached license for perso

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-06 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 07.09.2022 01:49, piorunz wrote: Hi all, ... Any suggestions welcome! I've switched to NoMachine [1] a long time ago. It has all features I need, which are multi-platform and cross-OS support, public key authentication, reliable file transfer between hosts, and completely free no strings

Re: Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-06 Thread piorunz
I thought of one more thing: This could be remote client causing this. I almost exclusively use KRDC client to log into this VNC server, so maybe something is there which cause this. But I am willing to change a VNC server rather than debug a client - simply because a server should never crash

Currently on x11vnc, looking for reliable VNC solution?

2022-09-06 Thread piorunz
is as follows: x11vnc -rfbauth ~/.vnc/passwd -shared -forever -loop -noipv6 -repeat -timeout 60 -ncache_cr -noxfixes -find This works all year round, but for last couple of months (or more?) its randomly dropping the connection and I have to start over. This is some bug in x11vnc, because

Re: Desktop environment and VNC

2022-04-24 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 07:49:08 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 08:57:36AM +0200, Julius Hamilton wrote: > > There are many VNC servers that can be installed from apt, but you also > > need a desktop environment, which can be installed from tasksel. > >

Re: Desktop environment and VNC

2022-04-22 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 08:57:36AM +0200, Julius Hamilton wrote: > There are many VNC servers that can be installed from apt, but you also > need a desktop environment, which can be installed from tasksel. > > I see in tasksel that I already have Debian Desktop Environment and GNOME

Desktop environment and VNC

2022-04-21 Thread Julius Hamilton
Hey, I am having some difficulty connecting to Debian 11 Bullseye via VNC. I am trying to understand the situation comprehensively. There are many VNC servers that can be installed from apt, but you also need a desktop environment, which can be installed from tasksel. I see in tasksel that I

Re: QEMU/KVM doesn't open new window - Access only via vnc viewer

2022-04-06 Thread Dieter Rohlfing
Am Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:42:43 +0100 schrieb Gareth Evans : >A different invocation method, but does this help, or give a clue to something >equivalent? > >https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/09/msg00691.html The link was the path to the solution. For gtk output in a newly created window I h

Re: QEMU/KVM doesn't open new window - Access only via vnc viewer

2022-03-31 Thread Gareth Evans
#x27;t open a new window, but a message > appears, telling me to access the output via a vnc viewer. With the vnc > viewer I can see this output: the VM started correctly. > > How can I get back the output of the VM in a window (like in Debian9)? > > My researches in the interne

Re: QEMU/KVM doesn't open new window - Access only via vnc viewer

2022-03-31 Thread Christian Britz
a std -m 3072 -enable-kvm -rtc base=localtime -boot order=c > > As a result QEMU/KVM opened a new window with the output of the VM. > > With Debian11/Bullseye QEMU/KVM doesn't open a new window, but a message > appears, telling me to access the output via a vnc viewer. With the vnc &

QEMU/KVM doesn't open new window - Access only via vnc viewer

2022-03-31 Thread Dieter Rohlfing
a std -m 3072 -enable-kvm -rtc base=localtime -boot order=c As a result QEMU/KVM opened a new window with the output of the VM. With Debian11/Bullseye QEMU/KVM doesn't open a new window, but a message appears, telling me to access the output via a vnc viewer. With the vnc viewer I can see t

Re: GUI browser in VNC

2021-10-20 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 10/20/2021 4:01 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: On 10/20/2021 4:06 AM, Julius Hamilton wrote: Hey, I’d like to run a desktop in VNC and open GUI browsers like Firefox in it. I succeeded in setting up the VNC server but after installing Firefox, Chromium and Chrome I find they don’t open

Re: GUI browser in VNC

2021-10-20 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 10/20/2021 4:06 AM, Julius Hamilton wrote: Hey, I’d like to run a desktop in VNC and open GUI browsers like Firefox in it. I succeeded in setting up the VNC server but after installing Firefox, Chromium and Chrome I find they don’t open when I launch them. Is this because I am root user

Re: GUI browser in VNC

2021-10-20 Thread Anssi Saari
Julius Hamilton writes: > Hey, > > I’d like to run a desktop in VNC and open GUI browsers like Firefox in it. > > I succeeded in setting up the VNC server but after installing Firefox, > Chromium and Chrome I find they don’t open when I launch them. > > Is this because I

Re: GUI browser in VNC

2021-10-20 Thread Hans
start gui applications. Note, you must use the tag -X with ssh, like ssh -X -l myusername host_or_IP Good luck! Hans > Hey, > > I’d like to run a desktop in VNC and open GUI browsers like Firefox in it. > > I succeeded in setting up the VNC server but after ins

GUI browser in VNC

2021-10-20 Thread Julius Hamilton
Hey, I’d like to run a desktop in VNC and open GUI browsers like Firefox in it. I succeeded in setting up the VNC server but after installing Firefox, Chromium and Chrome I find they don’t open when I launch them. Is this because I am root user? Is it just because you should always run

Re: graphical session in LXC automatically started at boot and reachable via VNC/RDP/X2GO

2020-12-31 Thread Linux-Fan
do not have any personal experience with the X509 certificates in the case of VNC. From my experience, TLS is more difficult to configure than SSH, mostly because of (1) the necessity for a PKI and (2) time-based certificate expiration by default. The other point is the more difficult process

Re: graphical session in LXC automatically started at boot and reachable via VNC/RDP/X2GO

2020-12-31 Thread Yvan Masson
, and then later someone can attach to this session with VNC/RDP/X2GO. It seems your script Linux-Fan starts a VNC server, but does it start a session in it? I did not mention it explicitly, because with the VNC server I am using (`tightvncserver`) does this automatically. The trick most

Re: graphical session in LXC automatically started at boot and reachable via VNC/RDP/X2GO

2020-12-30 Thread Linux-Fan
session with VNC/RDP/X2GO. It seems your script Linux-Fan starts a VNC server, but does it start a session in it? I did not mention it explicitly, because with the VNC server I am using (`tightvncserver`) does this automatically. The trick most important steps are as follows: * Prepare a

Re: graphical session in LXC automatically started at boot and reachable via VNC/RDP/X2GO

2020-12-30 Thread Yvan Masson
otely with these respective protocols without any particular setup. I would really like to find a way to automatically start a X11 session at boot in same way xrdp or x2go do it (I would then stick with this protocol) VNC in containers works for me :) It does pretty much work as you desc

Re: graphical session in LXC automatically started at boot and reachable via VNC/RDP/X2GO

2020-12-29 Thread Linux-Fan
ls without any particular setup. I would really like to find a way to automatically start a X11 session at boot in same way xrdp or x2go do it (I would then stick with this protocol) VNC in containers works for me :) It does pretty much work as you described, i.e. starting the things automa

Re: graphical session in LXC automatically started at boot and reachable via VNC/RDP/X2GO

2020-12-29 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
tdown the evening. > > Because of 1., the graphical session in the container and the software > must start automatically. Then, because of 2., this session must be > reachable by something like VNC/RDP/X2GO. > > I am facing the following difficulties/questions: > - running a

graphical session in LXC automatically started at boot and reachable via VNC/RDP/X2GO

2020-12-29 Thread Yvan Masson
start automatically. Then, because of 2., this session must be reachable by something like VNC/RDP/X2GO. I am facing the following difficulties/questions: - running a normal X11 server in a container does not work because it would need to access some special files in /dev/, so it needs extra

Re: vnc is making my cry

2020-11-15 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 at 00:32, Thomas Anderson wrote: > ... > > I have read through the log file > > xrdb: No such file or directory > > xrdb: can't open file '/home/username/.Xresources' check if this file still exists/permissions > > /usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :1 >

vnc is making my cry

2020-11-15 Thread Thomas Anderson
I have had vnc working in the past, then as of the past week or so, it has stopped working. I have spent many hours going in circles i feel. No matter what I try the result is the same. Basically, a black-white pixelated screen with a X curser (that I can move), and that is about it. I won&#

Re: How to debug a vnc issue in Debian 10?

2020-05-12 Thread Yuwen Dai
Le mer. 13 mai 2020 à 09:40, Yuwen Dai a écrit : > Dear all, > > I setup a vnc server in Debian 10 and connect to the server by using vnc > client, the desktop shows, but I cannot launch any application. There's > no error message. It looks like a privilege issue.

How to debug a vnc issue in Debian 10?

2020-05-12 Thread Yuwen Dai
Dear all, I setup a vnc server in Debian 10 and connect to the server by using vnc client, the desktop shows, but I cannot launch any application. There's no error message. It looks like a privilege issue. This is what I did: sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies gnome-icon-

Re: vnc 64bit-32bitor Buster to Bullseye

2019-10-07 Thread Reco
small black and white spots. You're supposed to edit .vnc/xstartup on tightvncserver side before starting tightvncserver. > How do I get xfce started on that session? Something like this should do it (.vnc/xstartup): #!/bin/sh xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid grey /usr/bin/start

vnc 64bit-32bitor Buster to Bullseye

2019-10-07 Thread Dennis Wicks
Greetings; I have a vanilla 64-bit install of Buster which claims to be Debian 10.1. I am trying to vnc from there to my old 32-bit machine which is running Bullseye (don't know what it claims to be). Using tightvncserver on the 32-bit side and xtightvncviewer on the 64-bit side I

RE: gnome 3 vnc

2017-09-27 Thread Zoltán Herman
Download x11vnc source from github and compile, change x11vnc binaries with the compiled version. 2017. szept. 27. 16:27 ezt írta ( ): > x11vnc does work to let me connect to my running session, but it crashes a > lot. > > > > Is it possible to launch a gnome-session from tige

RE: gnome 3 vnc

2017-09-27 Thread john
x11vnc does work to let me connect to my running session, but it crashes a lot. Is it possible to launch a gnome-session from tiger vnc server, as a second gnome session running on the same machine? From: Alexander V. Makartsev [mailto:avbe...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 27

Re: gnome 3 vnc

2017-09-27 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
Yes. Package you need is "x11vnc". Be sure to connect to it using ssh tunnel with private\public keys for security. Good guide: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ On 27.09.2017 08:49, j...@bluemarble.net wrote: > Is there a way to launch a gnome 3 session in VNC while I'm still

gnome 3 vnc

2017-09-26 Thread john
Is there a way to launch a gnome 3 session in VNC while I'm still logged in on my console at home? I have an HTPC that I want to leave logged in all the time, but I want to be able to access it remotely. I'd like to use gnome 3 in both places. But if a gnome-session already exists, I ca

odd screen corruption in VNC

2017-09-14 Thread Glenn Holmer
Setting up VNC, both machines running Debian Stretch with MATE (no VMs involved). Using tightvncserver, and xtightvncviewer as well as vinagre as client. In both cases I see some corruption of the upper MATE panel with red circles containing a number or letter. Anyone have any idea what this is

Re: Does KDE desktop environment work with Stretch VNC server?

2017-08-26 Thread Zoltán Herman
My system has a vnc server that I downloaded from github. I installed the debian package and replaced with compiled vnc. 2017. aug. 26. 9:36 ezt írta ("Niclas Arndt" ): > Hi, > > > OpenSUSE 42.1 had a problem with running a VNC server on the KDE desktop > environment.

Does KDE desktop environment work with Stretch VNC server?

2017-08-26 Thread Niclas Arndt
Hi, OpenSUSE 42.1 had a problem with running a VNC server on the KDE desktop environment. It forced me to use XFCE, which is ok although I prefer KDE. Now I am installing Debian Stretch and rather than risk having to redo the installation, I thought I should ask if you know whether KDE VNC

Re: How to VNC to active screen on remote system.

2016-03-10 Thread John L. Cunningham
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:50:09AM -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: > > What is the program that will connect to the current session on the remote > system? I have used it before but I can't remember what it was. In Gnome, I usually use Vinagre. In other DEs, I use ssvnc. -- John

Re: How to VNC to active screen on remote system.

2016-02-24 Thread Frederic Marchal
it was. > > Are you looking for x11vnc [1][2] on the host you want to see? If so, > tigervnc and others can be the vnc xlients... And the exact command to run is x11vnc -display :0 Run it as the user with the open X11 session. Type the command in a ssh session for instance. x1

Re: How to VNC to active screen on remote system.

2016-02-24 Thread Javier Vasquez
gervnc and others can be the vnc xlients... -- Javier [1] http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X11vnc

How to VNC to active screen on remote system.

2016-02-24 Thread Dennis Wicks
I wish I could remember all of this stuff! What is the program that will connect to the current session on the remote system? I have used it before but I can't remember what it was. Many TIA! Dennis

Re: Raspbian vnc server autostart

2016-01-11 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Mon, 2016-01-11 at 18:12 +0800, Bernard Lee wrote: > 😊Dear Debian, > I'm Bernard.I have a little problem with my raspberry pi 2 running > Raspbian > Jessie. > Hope you can help me.I don't know how to set my pi turn on the vnc > server > when boot. &g

Raspbian vnc server autostart

2016-01-11 Thread Bernard Lee
😊Dear Debian, I'm Bernard.I have a little problem with my raspberry pi 2 running Raspbian Jessie. Hope you can help me.I don't know how to set my pi turn on the vnc server when boot. I don't know how to set the bootconfig.txt. please tell me how to fix it when you reply.i&#

Re: Gray screen vnc viewer (Debian 8.3)

2015-09-19 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
#!/bin/sh > # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: > > #unset SESSION_MANAGER > #unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS > > # exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > > > [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup > [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $

Gray screen vnc viewer (Debian 8.3)

2015-09-19 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
suggestion would be highly appreciated. #!/bin/sh # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: #unset SESSION_MANAGER #unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS # exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $

Re: Problem VNC (Vino) access from windows or other clients

2015-09-19 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Thanks for help :) On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Seeker wrote: > > > On 9/18/2015 10:59 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > >> >> >> can you please also advice any client for windows. right now the only >> platform i have is Windows to access the machine. and Remmina does not work >> for Windo

Re: Problem VNC (Vino) access from windows or other clients

2015-09-18 Thread Seeker
On 9/18/2015 10:59 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: can you please also advice any client for windows. right now the only platform i have is Windows to access the machine. and Remmina does not work for Windows. Any suggestion please? Thanks, Yousuf RealVNC or UltraVNC if you want securi

Re: Problem VNC (Vino) access from windows or other clients

2015-09-18 Thread Reco
Hi. Please do not top-post. Please do not CC me. I'm subscribed to the list. On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 22:59:49 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Thanks for help. when i am running the command that you have mentioned it > is giving me an error please the result below. > > root@nas:/home/ykhan# gs

Re: Problem VNC (Vino) access from windows or other clients

2015-09-18 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
n Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:44:38 +0500 > Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > > I am using Debian 8.2. i enable screen sharing but when i try to > connect > > client side shows me this message > > > > unable to connect VNC server using your chosen security setting. Either

Re: Problem VNC (Vino) access from windows or other clients

2015-09-17 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:44:38 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > I am using Debian 8.2. i enable screen sharing but when i try to connect > client side shows me this message > > unable to connect VNC server using your chosen security setting. Either > upgrade th

Problem VNC (Vino) access from windows or other clients

2015-09-17 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
I am using Debian 8.2. i enable screen sharing but when i try to connect client side shows me this message unable to connect VNC server using your chosen security setting. Either upgrade the VNC server to more recent version from realVNC or select weaker level of encryption and i see this on

Re: Gnome 3 VNC server issue

2015-07-04 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2015-07-03, Rob Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > When try to enable my vnc server on Debian Jessie: > > I have to unmanage my network interfaces from /etc/network/interfaces > > The only way to start remote desktop on my internal interface is to > let the gnome network manager co

Gnome 3 VNC server issue

2015-07-03 Thread Rob Nieuwenhuizen
When try to enable my vnc server on Debian Jessie: I have to unmanage my network interfaces from /etc/network/interfaces The only way to start remote desktop on my internal interface is to let the gnome network manager control my interface. This is unwanted behavior as i use my system als

Re: Howto add a vnc URL handler to Icedove?

2014-11-05 Thread Alexis
27; URIs are handled? You could specify that 'mailto' URIs should be handled by a script. That script can examine the URI and, if it begins with the scheme name 'vnc', does the setup you require, but would otherwise calls the default 'mailto' handler. Might that do wh

Re: Howto add a vnc URL handler to Icedove?

2014-11-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 01 November 2014 13:51:16 Jape Person wrote: > You (Scott) help a lot of people here. I wish someone would help you! Sadly, perhaps no-one knows the answer. :-( Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: Howto add a vnc URL handler to Icedove?

2014-11-01 Thread Jape Person
esses[*3] the link before calling krdc (or tightvnc) - which then gives "support" remote access to the "users" desktop. Ideal outcome:- Quick and easy remote desktop support even when both the "user" and "support" are behind NAT firewalls. [*1] Krfb is set

Howto add a vnc URL handler to Icedove?

2014-10-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
htvnc) - which then gives "support" remote access to the "users" desktop. Ideal outcome:- Quick and easy remote desktop support even when both the "user" and "support" are behind NAT firewalls. [*1] Krfb is set to use port 1235 [*2] e.g. vnc://invitation:c

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-22 Thread Andre Majorel
On 2013-11-20 17:45 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 02:26:21PM +0100, Andre Majorel wrote: > > > An attribution wouldn't have hurt but it's plain to see that Jon > > was replying to Emilio's message, not Ron's. Or don't mailers > > show threads any more ? > > Mutt, the one

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 02:26:21PM +0100, Andre Majorel wrote: > On 2013-11-19 21:54 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 05:07:52PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > > > > > I think Jonathan was directing his comments to Emilio, not > > > you. It's difficult to know for sure as he d

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 16:29 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Averaged computer users very often replace the subject and body of a > > message, IOW they only keep the address to write a new mail. They aren't > > aware, that they keep some magic note that is hidden in a magical > >

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Averaged computer users very often replace the subject and body of a > message, IOW they only keep the address to write a new mail. They aren't > aware, that they keep some magic note that is hidden in a magical > header. I suspect that Gmail doesn't support it for good reason

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 16:04 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Andre Majorel wrote: > > Or don't mailers show threads any more ? > > Actually many popular (but incorrect) mail user agents do not show > threads. Previously the biggest offender was Outlook. These days the > biggest offender is Gmail. I f

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Andre Majorel wrote: > Or don't mailers show threads any more ? Actually many popular (but incorrect) mail user agents do not show threads. Previously the biggest offender was Outlook. These days the biggest offender is Gmail. I find it very surprising that a mail user agent wouldn't handle the

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-19 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 05:07:52PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > I think Jonathan was directing his comments to Emilio, not you. It's > difficult to know for sure as he didn't use a name, or quote some of the > offending message. That's right. My mailer did set in-reply-to correctly, and the messa

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-19 Thread Andre Majorel
On 2013-11-19 21:54 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 05:07:52PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > > > I think Jonathan was directing his comments to Emilio, not > > you. It's difficult to know for sure as he didn't use a > > name, or quote some of the offending message. An attribu

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 05:07:52PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:52:44 + > Ron Leach wrote: > > Hello Ron, > > >Jonathan, thank you for the note. I've rechecked. > > I think Jonathan was directing his comments to Emilio, not you. It's > difficult to know for sure as

Re: OT: Wheezy/XFCE: remote desktop service difficulties with VNC server

2013-11-18 Thread Emilio Lopez
>On Nov 18, 2013 6:15 PM, "Ralf Mardorf" wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 16:33 +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > I don't know what happened to > quoting in your message but it was nigh-on > > unreadable. It might be worth a look at your mailer settings. > > By Emilio’s quoting some > paragraphs

OT: Wheezy/XFCE: remote desktop service difficulties with VNC server

2013-11-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 16:33 +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > I don't know what happened to quoting in your message but it was nigh-on > unreadable. It might be worth a look at your mailer settings. By Emilio’s quoting some paragraphs became endless lines, so the quotation sign is only at the begin

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:52:44 + Ron Leach wrote: Hello Ron, >Jonathan, thank you for the note. I've rechecked. I think Jonathan was directing his comments to Emilio, not you. It's difficult to know for sure as he didn't use a name, or quote some of the offending message. -- Regards _

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-18 Thread Bob Proulx
Ron Leach wrote: > Jonathan Dowland wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I don't know what happened to quoting in your message but it was nigh-on > >unreadable. It might be worth a look at your mailer settings. > > Jonathan, thank you for the note. I've rechecked. > > Looks OK in our mailer, looks fine from the

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-18 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 18/11/13 16:52, Ron Leach wrote: > On 18/11/2013 16:33, Jonathan Dowland wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I don't know what happened to quoting in your message but it was nigh-on >> unreadable. It might be worth a look at your mailer settings. >> >> > Jonathan, thank you for the note. I've rechecked. > > L

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-18 Thread Ron Leach
On 18/11/2013 16:33, Jonathan Dowland wrote: Hi, I don't know what happened to quoting in your message but it was nigh-on unreadable. It might be worth a look at your mailer settings. Jonathan, thank you for the note. I've rechecked. Looks OK in our mailer, looks fine from the copy from the

Re: Wheezy/XFCE: remote desktop service difficulties with VNC server

2013-11-18 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Hi, I don't know what happened to quoting in your message but it was nigh-on unreadable. It might be worth a look at your mailer settings. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: htt

Re: Wheezy/XFCE: remote desktop service difficulties with VNC server

2013-11-18 Thread Ron Leach
On 17/11/2013 20:40, Emilio Lopez wrote: I think what you are looking for is x11vnc which allows you to view local session by vnc EmilioLLBB Emilio, brilliant, I'd missed the need for it. Installed, and after reading man x11vnc - it's quite long - used: $ x11vnc -display :0 G

Re: Wheezy/XFCE: remote desktop service difficulties with VNC server

2013-11-17 Thread Neal Murphy
nually configured a Modeline for 1440x900. (This works fine on the > > attached screen even through the KVM.) The remote desktop appears to > > be 4x3 shape, and something closer to 800x600, I would guess. > > Vnc4server doesn't (and should not) take into account any ED

Re: Wheezy/XFCE: remote desktop service difficulties with VNC server

2013-11-17 Thread Reco
ached screen even through the KVM.) The remote desktop appears to > be 4x3 shape, and something closer to 800x600, I would guess. Vnc4server doesn't (and should not) take into account any EDID. The entire point of VNC is to be able run even if video card(s) is physically absent at the hos

Re: Wheezy/XFCE: remote desktop service difficulties with VNC server

2013-11-17 Thread Emilio Lopez
te desktop achieved, but 'not' the same desktop as hosted on the attached screen. Differences are screen resolution, and application windows. > > Had to use slightly different layout compared to your suggestion, maybe this /home/ward/.vnc/xstartup is still is not quite correc

Re: Wheezy/XFCE: remote desktop service difficulties with VNC server

2013-11-17 Thread Ron Leach
ightly different layout compared to your suggestion, maybe this /home/ward/.vnc/xstartup is still is not quite correct: #!/bin/sh # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: #unset SESSION_MANAGER #exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > ## Those had been uncommented, but did not provide

Re: Wheezy/XFCE: difficulties trying to provide remote desktop service with VNC server

2013-11-17 Thread Reco
> The vnc4server log file for this attempt shows: > > xsetroot: unable to open display 'D7box:1' > > /home/ward/.vnc/xstartup: 15: exec: gnome-session: not found Your xstartup script tries to execute non-installed 'gnome-session'. Try replacing 'gnome-session&

Wheezy/XFCE: difficulties trying to provide remote desktop service with VNC server

2013-11-17 Thread Ron Leach
e as on a connected monitor, same user, same mouse position, etc. But I don't achieve this result. I've tried two approaches on this Wheezy/XFCE system: (a) Installing vnc4server, and alternatively (b) Enabling vnc service in LightDM's conf file. Installing VNC4server vnc4serv

Re: Setting up simple VNC Server?

2013-07-02 Thread André Nunes Batista
I use ssh to connect and create tunnels, then a simple "x11vnc -display :0" to startup the server. If you need to stay on windows, search the web for "easy ssh tunnels putty". vnc is not a secure protocol so don't rely on just setting a password if you are accessing from

Re: Setting up simple VNC Server?

2013-07-01 Thread David L. Craig
On 13Jul01:1518-0400, Art Huston wrote: > I'm looking for the simplest, quickest way to setup VNC Server so I can > access my Debian machine from Windows. There are a number of ways found on > the web -- is there a best practice? I use "ss vs" in one terminal, the

Re: Setting up simple VNC Server?

2013-07-01 Thread green
Art Huston wrote at 2013-07-01 14:18 -0500: > I'm looking for the simplest, quickest way to setup VNC Server so I can > access my Debian machine from Windows. There are a number of ways found on > the web -- is there a best practice? I do not know about a "best practice"

Setting up simple VNC Server?

2013-07-01 Thread Art Huston
I'm looking for the simplest, quickest way to setup VNC Server so I can access my Debian machine from Windows. There are a number of ways found on the web -- is there a best practice?

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

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

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

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