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I'm a little new to Slackware so maybe this isn't the right way to initiate vncserver on boot, but here's what I've got. The last two lines in my rc.local are:
the second line runs successfully on boot, but the first line doesn't. However, after I am logged on, I can execute /etc/rc.d/rc.local and both lines will run successfully. Does the system need to be fully logged on to start the vncserver, or should I start it elsewhere other than rc.local ? Thanks in advance.
Mike
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Using Slackware 13.1 (32 bit) and the Vnc package that came with the Slackware image, not sure of the version.
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When I want to end the session from the vnc-viewer machine, I click the vnc icon at the very top-left of the vnc-viewer window, the one at the left end of the title bar, and click the Close option from the menu that pops up. Then I can start a new session again later if I want. If I try to log off using the logoff menu-item on the remote screen like a local user would do, the viewer window goes black but doesn't close and the session is left open. Then you have to manually close the window anyway, and after you close it, you can't start a new session until a "rc.vncservers restart" has been done or a new server session started. I only post this in case anyone else might be wondering how to end a viewer session.
That's good to know - thanks for posting it. If you find VNC slow over the network, there's also rdesktop (Linux and Windows) or NX type solutions (nomachine, freenx for Linux environments).
That's good to know - thanks for posting it. If you find VNC slow over the network, there's also rdesktop (Linux and Windows) or NX type solutions (nomachine, freenx for Linux environments).
Another one worth keeping in mind is xrdp, which proxies VNC on the server through the RDP protocol, also on the server. It makes for a very smooth remote desktop session. Easy to install and run, and then just connect to port 3389 on the server using an RDP client - mstsc on Windows, rdesktop on Linux/BSD.
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