Re: [gentoo-user] VNC setup guide for dummies?

2017-04-05 Thread Gerrit Kühn
On Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:13:45 +0200 Helmut Jarausch wrote about [gentoo-user] VNC setup guide for dummies?: Ho, > Is there any configuration guide for dummies (like me). Well, the obvious starting point probably is <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/TigerVNC> Do you intend to have &quo

[gentoo-user] VNC setup guide for dummies?

2017-04-05 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I want to connect my Android Tablet to my Gentoo PC. I have tigervnc installed there. Is there any configuration guide for dummies (like me). Many thanks, Helmut

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC question

2009-04-11 Thread William Kenworthy
Zebedee was (I think) originally designed to offer an encrypted port based tunnel for vnc amongst other apps. Ive found it extreemly useful over the years, and far more stable/flexible/featureful than the ssh alternative, especially over poor and dialup connections. zebedee + vnc is classic unix

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC question

2009-04-11 Thread Stroller
On 11 Apr 2009, at 10:13, Konstantinos Agouros wrote: ... the MAC-Screenshare VNC Client gave a warning about 'not so good authentication' so it seems apple might after all have a proprietary extension in there. It's worth mentioning that the original GPL, AT&T sponsored VNC offered no en

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC question

2009-04-11 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
In <20090410172143.71e0c...@coercion> mike_kazant...@fraggod.net (Mike Kazantsev) writes: >--Sig_/jt3LFSWbbFXQHdaTjHGlbt4 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:05:49 + (UTC) >Konstantinos Agouros wrote: >> Any clues

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC question

2009-04-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Konstantinos Agouros wrote: > Hi, > > I try to use vncviewer to access a OSX box with 10.5.6 and 'screen sharing' > enabled. I have no problems with another mac that has another vnc server > running but I thought, let's try the one, that comes with the OS. I have

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC question

2009-04-10 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:05:49 + (UTC) Konstantinos Agouros wrote: > Any clues are welcome. I know that it's rather workaround than a solution, but prehaps you might try one of the other vnc implementations, like tightvnc (net-misc/tightvnc). Also, color depth certainly shouldn't be the issue

[gentoo-user] VNC question

2009-04-10 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
Hi, I try to use vncviewer to access a OSX box with 10.5.6 and 'screen sharing' enabled. I have no problems with another mac that has another vnc server running but I thought, let's try the one, that comes with the OS. If I connect using vncviewer I get: VNC Viewer Free Edition 4.1.3 for X - bu

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC problems

2007-02-24 Thread Gyuszk
Etaoin Shrdlu írta: > On Saturday 24 February 2007 13:38, Gyuszk wrote: > > >> All in all: I want to connect (using TightVNC Win32) to the existing >> DISPLAY:0 (gnome) session. Is it possible? >> > > I think you need a VNC server that allows connections to display :0 (eg, > the "real" dis

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC problems

2007-02-24 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Saturday 24 February 2007 13:38, Gyuszk wrote: > All in all: I want to connect (using TightVNC Win32) to the existing > DISPLAY:0 (gnome) session. Is it possible? I think you need a VNC server that allows connections to display :0 (eg, the "real" display). Portage offers x11vnc and xf4vnc to

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC problems

2007-02-24 Thread Raymond Lewis Rebbeck
On Saturday, 24 February 2007 23:08, Gyuszk wrote: > Dear Gentoo users, > > I'm having VNC-related problems. > I want to make VNC'ing work the following: > > I have a Gentoo desktop box with gdm+gnome, only one user. I'm using X > on DISPLAY:0 0-24/7 all the time. If I'm not sitting in front of the

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC problems

2007-02-24 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 13:38 +0100, Gyuszk wrote: > All in all: I want to connect (using TightVNC Win32) to the existing > DISPLAY:0 (gnome) session. Is it possible? > If isn't, the following will do: VNC server *always*[1] creates a new X server to export. It doesn't export the (X) console. If

[gentoo-user] VNC problems

2007-02-24 Thread Gyuszk
Dear Gentoo users, I'm having VNC-related problems. I want to make VNC'ing work the following: I have a Gentoo desktop box with gdm+gnome, only one user. I'm using X on DISPLAY:0 0-24/7 all the time. If I'm not sitting in front of the box, I lock the session with the corresponding Gnome menu. So,

[gentoo-user] VNC vs. NX

2006-12-15 Thread Grant
I wanted a remote control app a while ago and after some investigation I decided on NX. It seemed to be the simplest to configure and was supposed to offer the best performance. Now NX doesn't seem to be working on amd64, and I get the feeling it's going through some kind of a change. Do you th

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer

2006-10-12 Thread Paul Varner
On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 14:14 -0400, Mark Shields wrote: > On a related note, I'm looking for something similar, but I want a > user to be presented with an xdm (or gdm) login. Just one remote > connection, one resolution. Short answer. 1. Emerge xinetd, if not already installed 2. add a vnc file

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer

2006-10-12 Thread Mark Shields
On 10/12/06, Timothy A. Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Good morning all:For a couple days now I have been looking for a good simple setup thatwill allow me to run vnc on one of my gentoo workstations at home andconnect to it from my windows box in another area of the house.  I am not going acros

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer

2006-10-12 Thread Roy Wright
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > I'd try using one of the available vnc servers in portage (like for > example x11vnc or tightvnc) and see how it goes. > Linux Format (Oct 2006) magazine recommends x11vnc for the server. HTH, Roy -- echo "spzxAdjtdp/dpn" | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' -- gento

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer

2006-10-12 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Thursday 12 October 2006 14:47, Timothy A. Holmes wrote: > elsewhere in the house. So far all the VNC HOW-Tos etc that I have > read involve what appears to me to be very overly complex tunneling > over ssh etc (a good thing if I was going over the internet, but for > what im doing, totally un

[gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer

2006-10-12 Thread Timothy A. Holmes
Good morning all: For a couple days now I have been looking for a good simple setup that will allow me to run vnc on one of my gentoo workstations at home and connect to it from my windows box in another area of the house. I am not going across the internet, or anything wild like that, just tryin

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-11 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 10 October 2006 22:55, Mark Shields wrote: > Guys, there's no need to keep replying. Thanks for the help, but I'm able > to do it now (have been for the past 4 e-mails) I'm glad you got it sorted Mark. A vaguely related but quite O/T question: would you perhaps know why when I selec

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-10 Thread W.Kenworthy
Check out zebedee - unlike ssh, its designed specifically for this type of thing (esp VNC) and as a consequence is more flexible. Also works with doze etc. Billk On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 12:46 -0400, Mark Shields wrote: > I have a gentoo box setup as a router with 3 servers behind it (all 4 > serve

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-10 Thread Mark Shields
On 10/10/06, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 10 October 2006 20:27, Sieb, Glenn E (Glenn) wrote:> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> > I don't use putty, but I believe pretty much the same way. > > You should be able to enter vnchost as the "destination host> > name" even while logging into your

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-10 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 10 October 2006 20:27, Sieb, Glenn E (Glenn) wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I don't use putty, but I believe pretty much the same way. > > You should be able to enter vnchost as the "destination host > > name" even while logging into your router. [1] > > You can do it via the comm

RE: [gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-10 Thread Sieb, Glenn E (Glenn)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't use putty, but I believe pretty much the same way. > You should be able to enter vnchost as the "destination host > name" even while logging into your router. [1] You can do it via the command line, or you can create a saved session too. Under Connection->SSH->T

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-10 Thread Richard Fish
On 10/10/06, Mark Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/10/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # ssh -L localhost:5901:vnchost:5901 routerhost Ok, how can I do that with putty? I don't use putty, but I believe pretty much the same way. You should be able to enter vnchost as the

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-10 Thread Mark Shields
On 10/10/06, Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 10 October 2006 19:58, Mark Shields wrote:[SNIP]> > # ssh -L localhost:5901:vnchost:5901 routerhost[SNIP]>> Ok, how can I do that with putty? http://www.cs.uu.nl/technical/services/ssh/putty/puttyfw.html--Bo AndresenThank you Bo

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-10 Thread Mark Shields
On 10/10/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/10/06, Mark Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Thank you Richard and Mauro, but this wasn't what I was looking for.  The> vnc and the ssh server are not the same. ssh port forwarding is not limited to just the machine you are logginginto. 

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-10 Thread Richard Fish
On 10/10/06, Mark Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you Richard and Mauro, but this wasn't what I was looking for. The vnc and the ssh server are not the same. ssh port forwarding is not limited to just the machine you are logging into. It will forward the connection to another host.

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-10 Thread Mark Shields
On 10/10/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/10/06, Mark Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I have a gentoo box setup as a router with 3 servers behind it (all 4> servers are running gentoo).  Right now I simply have port 5901 to forward > from the router to my vnc server so I can ac

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-10 Thread Mauro Faccenda
On Tuesday 10 October 2006 13:46, Mark Shields wrote: > I have a gentoo box setup as a router with 3 servers behind it (all 4 > servers are running gentoo). Right now I simply have port 5901 to forward > from the router to my vnc server so I can access it remotely. I've looked > on the gentoo for

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-10 Thread Richard Fish
On 10/10/06, Mark Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a gentoo box setup as a router with 3 servers behind it (all 4 servers are running gentoo). Right now I simply have port 5901 to forward from the router to my vnc server so I can access it remotely. I've looked on the gentoo forums and

[gentoo-user] VNC over SSH (VNC session is non-local to SSH)

2006-10-10 Thread Mark Shields
I have a gentoo box setup as a router with 3 servers behind it (all 4 servers are running gentoo).  Right now I simply have port 5901 to forward from the router to my vnc server so I can access it remotely.  I've looked on the gentoo forums and online but haven't been able to find any solid informa

Re: [gentoo-user] vnc weirdness as a user, works as root

2006-09-21 Thread William Kenworthy
On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 00:51 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 9/20/06, William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I installed tightvnc on a relatively new system and find that mouse > > clicks are not being registered (both using the browser and vncviewer > > clients). Occurs with both the flu

Re: [gentoo-user] vnc weirdness as a user, works as root

2006-09-21 Thread Richard Fish
On 9/20/06, William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I installed tightvnc on a relatively new system and find that mouse clicks are not being registered (both using the browser and vncviewer clients). Occurs with both the fluxbox and twm window managers. The mouse cursor moves over the scre

[gentoo-user] vnc weirdness as a user, works as root

2006-09-20 Thread William Kenworthy
I installed tightvnc on a relatively new system and find that mouse clicks are not being registered (both using the browser and vncviewer clients). Occurs with both the fluxbox and twm window managers. The mouse cursor moves over the screen ok, just no "clicks" are being recognised. The mouse wo

Re: [gentoo-user] vnc

2005-11-08 Thread Ralf Fischer
Hi there! On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 01:05:16PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > Of course if you are trying to connect from a Windose or other non-X > system, then VNC is probably what you need. Alternatively to VNC there's XLiveCD [1] out there. It's a Cygwin [2] based disk you can put into your W32 b

Re: [gentoo-user] vnc

2005-10-24 Thread Mark Shields
Vnc (I've only dealt with tightvnc, can't speak for others) is pretty easy to use/start.  After you've emerged tightvnc, simply type xvncserver :1 -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24   from a shell and it will setup a vnc server.  From there you can use a vnc client to connect to the server, using this fo

Re: [gentoo-user] vnc

2005-10-24 Thread John Jolet
first make sure vnc is actually running and listening. when you start the server, it should tell you what address and X display offset it's using. Make sure with netstat -a that it really is listening there. Second, are you running iptables on that box? as a quick test, if you are, shut down

Re: [gentoo-user] vnc

2005-10-24 Thread Digby Tarvin
For remote access over the public Internet I usually use ssh. With the '-X' option it gives you secure encrypted port forwarding to your local X server, which appart from a speed hit is functionally pretty close to having a directly connected X terminal. Of course if you are trying to connect from

Re: [gentoo-user] vnc

2005-10-24 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 18:10:55 -0500 Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I followed the instructions on the Gentoo wiki about configuring VNC server, > but I am not able to connect either inside the LAN or from the outside, > despite having port forwarding enabled for it on my firewall. I went through

[gentoo-user] vnc

2005-10-24 Thread Mark
I followed the instructions on the Gentoo wiki about configuring VNC server, but I am not able to connect either inside the LAN or from the outside, despite having port forwarding enabled for it on my firewall. I went through the instructions twice, and everything is as listed. Anybody know if ther