Questions tagged [vnc]
In computing, Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system that uses the RFB protocol to remotely control another computer. It transmits the keyboard and mouse events from one computer to another, relaying the graphical screen updates back in the other direction, over a network.
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Remote Desktop to single session with independent authentication
I have a small number of Windows server machines S1-S5 and a similar number of client machines C1-C9. All are joined to the same AD forest. S1-S4 are Windows Server machines.
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VNC Server for Gateway with 100 users. Giving each one a port is not an option
Currently we have a server to host remote VNC to provide remote linux desktops to our users. There are 100 users of whom 10 might be running a server at the same time.
This is fine on RHEL 7.0 as you ...
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Can't start VNC server on baremetal remote instance [migrated]
I have been following several tutorials to use VNC on my remote baremetal instance (chameleon cloud). I had to install a bunch of things since it did not have a GUI interface. I want to use this ...
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Cannot get vncserver to start at boot using systemd on Ubuntu Jammy
For some reason, I can't for the life of me cannot start vncserver to start at boot. I'm using this guide and as per the link, here's my constructed systemd file for it
[Unit]
Description=Start ...
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Openstack - VNC console of an instance stuck in "connecting" mode
newbie here!
I have 3 physical machines with Openstack Yoga installed and running (a controller, a compute and a block storage node).
These 3 machines are physically connected (through Ethernet cable) ...
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How to connect to Xen XAPI/XCP-NG VNC/RFB connection urls?
How can I connect to Xapi-style urls such as https://192.168.1.45/console?uuid=e82eeea4-4d88-d31a-aabd-c4207ca6c24d with a normal vnc client?
Remmina seems to straight up crash with that as the host, ...
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VNC over SSH via Linux box between two windows machines
I'm getting myself very confused trying to figure out how to connect to a VNC server on windows from a remote windows machine via a tunnel to a linux server local to the VNC server.
I'm not looking to ...
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TigerVNC: Keyboard shortcut to lose focus in full-screen mode
Is there a keyboard shortcut to lose focus of a TigerVNC viewer window in full-screen mode so that Alt+Tab can be used to switch windows of the host system?
I'm looking for something like Ctrl+Alt+← ...
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VNC connection through SSH
I have a problem, I need to establish a VNC connection with ssh, so I can have remote desktop (graphical) access to my server. I tried doing it with Remmina and it was asking me for some ssh key, but ...
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On Debian 11, how to change from xfce4 to GNOME desktop
I installed xfce4 with lightdm on my Debian server (EC2) for users to connect over vnc, so I could run Proton and Windows games. I've since discovered that Flatpak, AppImage, Lutris and Proton greatly ...
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Watermark for VNC displays
Are there any feasible options for adding a watermark (i.e. diagonal transparent text) to VNC sessions?
I did not find such features provided out of the box for the existing open-source VNC servers. ...
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VNC server on Ubuntu 22.04 only show blank screen
On Ubuntu one can enable a VNC server via Settings > Sharing > screen-sharing > VNC (my Desktop is german, I just guessed).
Another way is to start a vnc-server via shell, i.e.:
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Set up TigerVNC on Ubuntu 20.02 with systemd
I am trying to setup TigerVNC - or indeed any VNC server - on Ubuntu 20.04, and I am beginning to get frustrated, because none of the instructions I can find actually work, although I have got it to ...
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x11vnc -reflect listen crashes when the source VNC server connects to it
I want to run x11vnc in reflect mode and reverse/listenning connection mode. So, x11vnc it's going to act as a repeater for another vnc server and it's going to wait for this second vnc server to ...
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Copy and paste from a QEMU VM with VNC graphics?
I run a headless server that uses qemu + kvm to run a few VMs, and I manage them with virsh + xml file definitions. Because this a remote / headless system, I set the graphics as VNC, and then with ...
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