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In computing, Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system that uses the RFB protocol to remotely control another computer. It transmits the keyboard and mouse events from one computer to another, relaying the graphical screen updates back in the other direction, over a network.

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Lenovo ThinkStation P310 headless AMT/KVM

Model:30AT0054PB (ThinkStation P310) SN: S4AM6910 BIOS rev: FWKT80A ME Firmware rev: 11.0.27.3000 Has anybody have any success with running VNC via KVM/AMT connection to P310 in headless mode (without monitor)? BIOS and Intel ME Firmware…
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forwarding proxmox vnc websocket with nginx

I installed nginx in order to be a lazy person and just go to proxmox.domain.com instead of proxmox.domain.com:8006, but now I can't access the VNC client when connected to the first address, although I can doing the ip+port. A friend of mine…
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Can't get VNC server to work in CentOS 7.4

I'm running CentOS 7.4 with Gnome and having problems getting the VNC server to serve a Desktop environment for the client. I either get a blank black screen or text with checkboxes. It is running for VNC: Xvnc TigerVNC 1.8.0 - built Aug 7 2017…
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Thin Client setup for nomadic developers

I'm supporting a team of ~10 developers. Each developer machine is running Ubuntu 16.04.1 and each developer has their own desktop tower. This setup works well but locks that developer to their desk. What I'd like to do is place all their…
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Setting up vncserver on OpenSolaris zone

I am running OpenSolaris 5.10 and set up a sparse zone(inherits most of bin directories from global zone). I ended up copying many etc and var files from global zone, eventually most of the stuff(firefox,gvim, etc.) working through ssh via X11.…
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TigerVNC session timeout

I have installed TigerVNC on my DigitalOcean FE24 box following https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/21/html/System_Administrators_Guide/ch-TigerVNC.html. I start my vnc server with the command $ systemctl start vncserver@:0.service ====…
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Azure and RHEL - "Can't open display :1"... sometimes

I have an RHEL image on Azure that we launch to perform some specialized tasks. There is not an option to actually keep the service running. However, sometimes on startup, when I attempt to run even just xeyes, I get the following error: $ xeyes …
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Configuring TightVNC as Portable RDC over internet without Static IP and without touching router config

I am trying to customize TightVNC where i can do the below Use it Portable so that i can host server from any computer Use without Global Static IP ie with basic internet connection Use it without disturbing the router I have the below for…
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Share RPD/Vnc but not internet

My headless Ubuntu box has 2 ethernet ports. One is connected to the internet. The other I would like to use to share vnc/rdp to a Macintosh but not allow the Macintosh to reach the internet nor be reachable from the internet. So the macintosh is…
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Tight Vnc shows multiple monitors blank

One of my users uses VPN from his house to the workplace network and then with tightVNC connects to workstations. Most of the workstations he can view all 4 monitors from his pc while rolling the screen from one to another. One workstation shows him…
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ssh: (Locked out) Google 2 factor Authentication asking password again and again

I enabled google 2 factor authentication for my server, but it started acting weirdly and I am locked out. I have access to VNC, but my password has a special symbol @ and I am unable to input that via VNC. I am locked out.
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VNC permission forwarding with CentOS 7

So I'm running into another strange issue on CentOS 7. I have vncserver installed as a systemd service, running as my normal non-privileged user. There are a couple processes that don't prompt me for the root password as they should: yumex and "Disk…
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Copy files from non-booting VPS

It’s a good thing this is my ‘practice’ server, rather than a production server… I have a VPS that was running Ubuntu 16.04. I started an upgrade to 16.04.1 LTS – and then I lost my SSH connection when there was a dialog on screen. I tried sudo…
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Xrandr error when accessing Debian VM over VNC

I have Debian 8 with XFCE running on vmware virtualization. If I work on the console of vSphere no problems. If I connect over VNC (thighVNC) using "my-hostname:1" I have some problems (I guess the two problems are connected): 1) If i want to to to…
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slow vnc connection to a vmware workstation virtual machine

I've got 2 computers : -host in which is installed workstation 12 and a VM called "guest" (linux) - a laptop, in the same room as the host I get a fine wired connection between the 2 computers (host+a laptop), but, using wifi + VNC, the graphical…
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