Linux desktop through ssh

dal3.14 · 05-17-2012, 02:30 PM

Hi,
i'm doing an internship in a compagnie and they want me to reach a linux CentOS 5 desktop from windows 7 through ssh. The CentOS 5 VM is on their server and i only have access to the terminal. I have instaled vncserver on the linux VM and RealVNC on windows 7 but i get a weird looking interface with no option other than firefox and the terminal. I was wondering if that is normal since i only have access to the linux terminal at frist place. Ideally i would like have acess to the full interface of the linux VM.
Thanks.

jefro · 05-17-2012, 02:35 PM

See if this gets you going.

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg...nc/sshvnc.html

I don't exactly get this statement. "weird looking interface with no option other than firefox and the terminal"

dal3.14 · 05-18-2012, 06:04 AM

Here's a print screen of the window I get went i start RealVnc

jefro · 05-18-2012, 10:22 AM

Looks like you are forwarding x over ssh.

Either right or left click on free area may produce a menu of sorts. See if it does.

dal3.14 · 05-18-2012, 10:45 AM

This is the menu left click produce

jgeek · 05-28-2012, 11:02 PM

the remote os got TWM windows manager according to your picture. That has been configured for the remote login.