Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system that can be used to control a computer remotely.
Questions tagged [vnc]
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virt-manager copy paste functionality to the vm
Anyone know how to get Virtual Manager to install copy-paste functionality to the Virtual Machine?
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Differences between VNC and ssh -X
Why would you use VNC (or for that matter NX) instead of just using ssh -X (-Y). I read that VNC uses less bandwidth, but is there any other differences/advantages with respective tool?
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How to exit fullscreen mode in vinagre?
How to exit fullscreen mode in vinagre VNC client?
I have not found any key combination to do this.
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How can I forward sound over VNC?
I use TightVNC and Remmina Remote Desktop to connect my Raspberry Pi to my Ubuntu laptop over VNC. It works great for the most part, except for the fact that there is no sound.
I have googled all over the place, looking up forwarding sound over…
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How can I connect to Gnome 3 with a Windows VNC client?
I used to be able to connect to my Gnome 3 desktop from a Windows machine with a VNC client. But after an upgrade (on the Linux side) a while ago, it quit working. When I attempt to connect, all I can get is a message saying "No matching security…
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VNC Server only listening for connections from localhost
I have installed TightVNCServer on Raspbian (the September 2.017 version) for my Raspberry Pi 2 B+ :
luis@Frambuesio:~$ vncserver -name Frambuesio -geometry 1280x1024 -depth 16
New 'Frambuesio' desktop at :1 on machine Frambuesio
Starting…
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How can I copy/paste data to and from the Windows clipboard to an OpenSuse clipboard using VNC?
I am connecting to a remote OpenSuse computer using VNC from Windows. On other Linuces that I've used over VNC, I can copy text between the remote machine and the local Windows machine using the clipboard. In this case, I can seem to connect the…
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VNC-Server as a virtual X11 monitor to expand screen
From a currently running X11 session, I would like to provide/run a VNC server such that it appears to my system as a second, “virtual” monitor – i.e. so that I can position it using xrandr and drag/position windows onto it.
How, if at all, could I…
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How to connect to x11vnc server on Linux from OS X (macOS)?
When I'm trying to connect to x11vnc server started on Ubuntu 16.10
x11vnc
The "Screen Sharing" app on on OS X 10.11.6 just hangs.
How can I fix this?
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Creating a virtual X11 output with Nvidia driver
I'm attempting to follow this guide to extend the desktop on computer A to computer B by creating a virtual output on computer A and using vnc to display the virtual output on computer B.
The problem I'm having is that the Nvidia driver does not…
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vim/gvim failing to put X11 clipboard in registers "+ or "*?
Due to the lack of security with standard vino server, I switched to use x11vnc on my linux (with Xubuntu 14.04) box and SSVNC on the windows side.
With vino, cut and paste from windows to Linux and windows, in the two directions, was flaky(1) but…
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Why VNC not showing actual Remote Desktop
Ok i installed vnc server on RHEL 5.9 and also installed Tightvnc viewer on windows 7 and from RHEL i started vncserver and assigned the password using vncpasswd.
Then from tightvnc viewer i gave the IP and listening port xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1. It…
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clipboard not working when connecting via rdesktop to xrdp-sesman
I have a Debian machine with xrdp-sesman setup following way
Xvnc 127.0.0.1:5910
xrdp-sesman 127.0.0.1:3350
xrdp 0.0.0.0:3389
I am connecting to this machine with rdesktop from another Debian machine.
Everything works…
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How to share Windows clipboard with Linux using TightVNC?
I'm connecting to my Debian squeeze server through the Windows TightVNC viewer and tightvncserver on Linux. I have put the following line in my ~/.vnc/xstartup file:
autocutsel -fork
However, this only seems to allow 1-way clipboard…
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VNC Server without X Window System
Will a VNC server work without X Server installed? I know vnc works with X Server, but what about without it?
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