connect to vnc server on 64-bit fedora linux

majd_wadi · 06-22-2009, 02:43 AM

hay all,

i'm new to this forum, and new to linux actually ..

i have a remote server with a fedora linux installed on it, i wanna connect remotly to this server and use the linux GUI ..

i have managed to install vnc server on it, but when i connect to it using vnc viewer ..i get a weird screen ! ..

i get the screen with a window in it that repeats itself!

what would be the problem, thanx all in advance

jsteel · 06-22-2009, 04:24 AM

Try xrdp instead of VNC, I find it's much better. VNC for me is very slow at refreshing the display.

It works slightly differently; it opens a new session instead of connecting to the currently running session.

majd_wadi · 06-22-2009, 04:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsteel

Try xrdp instead of VNC, I find it's much better. VNC for me is very slow at refreshing the display.

It works slightly differently; it opens a new session instead of connecting to the currently running session.

thx for ur reply, so should i install xrdp server on my linux ?

i'm really new to this, please advice what should i do ?

thanx.

jsteel · 06-22-2009, 05:23 AM

Yes, see if xrdp is available for Fedora, otherwise you will have to do a manual install. Once it's on your server, use rdesktop or the graphical tsclient to connect to the computer with xrdp installed.

"yum search xrdp" will tell you if it's available.

majd_wadi · 06-23-2009, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsteel

Yes, see if xrdp is available for Fedora, otherwise you will have to do a manual install. Once it's on your server, use rdesktop or the graphical tsclient to connect to the computer with xrdp installed.

"yum search xrdp" will tell you if it's available.

thanx for ur reply, & sorry 4 being late to reply ...

[root@fc10167232 ~]# yum search xrdp
fedora | 2.8 kB 00:00
updates | 3.4 kB 00:00
================================================================== Matched: xrdp ==================================================================
OpenEXR_CTL.x86_64 : A simplified OpenEXR interface to CTL

this means that i have xrdp ..right ?

i cannot find any links to download ..tsclient or rdesktop .

can u please give me some links, i'll appreciate it

jsteel · 06-23-2009, 05:54 AM

That doesn't look like xrdp to me. You can get it from here http://xrdp.sourceforge.net/ but that requires you to build it yourself which could be confusing if you're new to Linux. It's worth learning if you have some time.

I just did a quick search and you can download an RPM from here http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/dag/red...9.rf.i386.html (the direct link is ftp://fr.rpmfind.net/linux/dag/redha...h9.rf.i386.rpm). There may be dependency problems but if it works, that will be the fastest way to get it going.

I would think that rdesktop and tsclient would be installed by default on Fedora.