On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 21:17:03 -0500 (EST) Karthik Vishwanath <karthikv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I installed the vnc suite of tools (both on the remote server, as > well as the local client) where both machines run ubuntu-linux. I > started the vncserver on the server using vncserver which gives: > > $ vncserver > > New 'bombur:1 (karthik)' desktop is bombur:1 > > Starting applications specified in /home/karthik/.vnc/xstartup > Log file is /home/karthik/.vnc/bombur:1.log > > I am able to connect from the client side using: > $ vncviewer bombur:1 > > This however opens up an xterm and is not the desktop that is running > on bombur. I want to see the X-desktop that is running on the server. > How do I go about doing this? > > Both client and server run xorg as the Xserver. Please let me know if > more information is needed to help (such as kernels/xorg versions/vnc > versions running on client/server). > > > Thanks in advance, > > -K > The vncserver actually starts its own X server, rather than connecting to the already running X server (hence the bombur:1, rather than bombur:0). To connect to the already running X server, you want to use x11vnc instead of vncserver. Most distributions should include it, or you can get its source from <http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/>. Good luck, Conway S. Smith
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