problem, with vnc

Paxmaster · 12-28-2004, 03:51 PM

from my desktop xp i am trying to connect to my laptop debian. i have setup a vncserver on my laptop and set up a password, I know i have connected but only i could see black and white spots, and my mouse points arror is like a cross, how could i able to see clear, is there somethink to do with the option
the client is tightvnc.

beaucoup · 12-28-2004, 05:18 PM

Your problem is that instead of sharing your current Debian desktop, you've created a new, empty one, and shared that. That's basically how TightVNC works; it creates a sort of virtual desktop that you can connect to and run programs on.

To make things a lot more useful, you should probably have tightVNC automatically start up your favorite window manager, or maybe just a terminal, by adding it to the script ~/.vnc/xstartup

For example, my xstartup file looks like this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &

That replaces the annoying black and white dot pattern with a saner grey color, and gives me a terminal I can run programs(such as a window manager) from.

HOWEVER, if all you really ever wanted to do was remote control your Debian desktop, I'd recommend that instead of using TightVNC, you use this:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/x11vnc...ease_id=182562
which does exactly that.

MattJT · 12-28-2004, 05:29 PM

tightvnc is ok(i used it for a few moths), but I like RealVnc. It was the origional VNC project, and It does everything tightvnc does as well as the fact that it has a nice feature - a web client. You can log in and use your desktop from any computer on the internet with a Java Enabled browser, you just type in your ip/domain + the port number you set it to run on. I also found it easier to configure, but that might just be because I installed tight with apt-get and it put things in wierd places whereas I installed RealVnc myself. Anyway, RealVnc, just go with it. Has served me faithfully for 2 years(even from 300MHz crappy school computers)

beaucoup · 12-28-2004, 05:36 PM

A web client? Cool

I recall seeing some company sell a similar product as a subscription service some time ago...I really think a lot more people would use VNC if they knew about it.

Paxmaster · 12-29-2004, 12:27 PM

from my window clinet i am using thight vnc, but from my debian laptop i using realvnc. some how if i use realvnc from my desktop i can't connect, that why i am using thightvnc

by the way i don't have xstartup, then on i have created it but it didn't work and then on i have created an exec xstartup but still no work

but when i have look at the log of vnc it looks this
paxmaster@debian:~/.vnc$ more debian\:2.log
29/12/04 13:17:38 Xvnc version 3.3.7 - built Sep 25 2004 21:10:01
29/12/04 13:17:38 Copyright (C) 2002-2003 RealVNC Ltd.
29/12/04 13:17:38 Copyright (C) 1994-2000 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
29/12/04 13:17:38 All Rights Reserved.
29/12/04 13:17:38 See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC
29/12/04 13:17:38 Desktop name 'X' (debian:2)
29/12/04 13:17:38 Protocol version supported 3.3
29/12/04 13:17:38 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port ****

thanks for reply