Running a Linux desktop on a Windows client using VNC
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Running a Linux desktop on a Windows client using VNC
Hello,
I am wondering how do I set up a VNC server on my linux machine so I can view my linux desktop on my Windows machine, which has RealVNC viewer 4 installed on it...
(I am using Windows XP home and Fedora Core 3)
Thanks,
ZACH
Last edited by spartanM19SSM; 12-12-2004 at 10:02 AM.
You should just be able to point the VNC viewer at the IP address of your linux box (which needs to be running vncserver). If you are trying to do this over the internet, you are absolutely, positively going to want to run this over an SSH tunnel. A search here should bring up lots of help on how to set that up.
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sorry, I didn't read your post closely enough.....There are vnc servers for linux. Both real VNC and tightVNC are good choices.
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Hey,
I am a complete newbie...
I do not know how to install tightvnc...
I downloaded tightvnc in my root directory as:
tightvnc-1.2.9-1.src.rpm
How do I install it...
Whenever I try to do the commands from gentoo-wiki.com it says it is not a file or directory...
you don't want that part... that's for the client. you need to look at the bit about loading vnc.so in xorg / xfree86. this is (afaik) now part of the xorg base, so "locate vnc.so" should say you already have it.
and for the record, ignore rpms with "src" in them... you'll need to compile them and ... that's just annoying in rpm world.
hey
i downloaded just the .rpm file and whenever i try to open it it says preparing to update system... then it goes for a little while and stops and says Package Not Found... Xfree86 required by tightvncserver...
I downloaded from a differant mirror but the same thing happens...
Do I have to download Xfree86 first?
Thanks
[root@localhost ~]# locate vnc.so
warning: locate: could not open database: var/lib/slocate/slocate.db: No such file or directory
warning: You need to run the 'updatedb' command (as root) to create the data base.
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