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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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Is it possible to run a VNC server without a GPU on linux?

Is it possible to run a VNC server on a machine without any GPU, or are some GPU features necessary even when the image isn't actually sent to a hardware video output? I guess there should be some way as it's possible on a VM - or does that use some…
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Tunnel SSH from A->B->C

I'm looking to setup a tunnel using PuTTY on Windows. Ideally I'd SSH directly from A->C, however, I can't from the network I'm on. I can, however connected from A->B->C. C is running a vncserver, which I'd like to connect to from A. How can I…
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RDP connection to VPS drops when connecting to VPN

I have a Virtual Private Server that runs Windows Server 2008 R2. I use Remote Desktop Connection to administer it. I am trying to connect my VPS to a VPN. The connection succeeds, but since the VPS gets a new IP, the existing RDP connection is…
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windows vnc via ssh to kvm guest - connection failed

I've a headless CentOS6 running KVM and I want to configure a guest via vnc. The problem is my working machine is Win7. I created a guest using command: sudo virt-install --name=c6-64 --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/c6-64,size=8 --vnc --vcpus=1…
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How do I get Chicken of the VNC to connect to a port less than 5900?

According to the Chicken of the VNC documentation, it automatically adds 5900 to the indicated display number to calculate the port number to connect to. (So I've been able to connect to port 5999 of a host by entering 99 as the display number.) …
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Windows VNC server with command line interface

I am trying to find a VNC server (preferably open source) for Windows platform with CLI. GUI is optional. Most of popular VNC servers say they provide CLI, but in reality all those command line arguments just bring up settings window. Or maybe I am…
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vnc session seem to minimise windows when letter d is pressed

No matter which VNC viewer I use when I type in something that contains the letter d, the current window will be minimised. This doesn't happen when am typing direct on the server I'm vnc-ing to.
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Terminal server for Linux

What are the features of graphical terminal servers and technologies available for Linux? is it open source/free how well does it scale management (?) what's the network usage, susceptibility to latency support for session pause/resume what client…
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users connecting to remote desktop to use software

Im an IT assistant at a CNC milling company and we use a program called made2manage. Its an ERP (enterprise resource management) software. Each license is something like 5k and instead of giving each employee there own copy of the software he has…
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Remotely set VNC service password

After a Windows update I cannot connect to a Windows Server 2008 machine via RDP. As an alternative, I remotely installed UltraVNC using PsExec. The WinVNC service starts successfully but when I try to connect remotely, I receive the following error…
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What is generally more secure? FreeNX or VNC?

FreeNX or VNC, which is generally more secure? I am just wondering since both give encryption. I know FreeNX generally uses SSH which is very secure.
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Bypass windows login screen with VNC

I'm looking for some vnc software or tool that can bypass the windows login screen after a user logs into the vnc server. For example, I have a user called John on the vnc server, when I authenticate to the server using John's password, the server…
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How do I create virtual sessions with x11vnc?

How to create virtual sessions with x11vnc?
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How can I VNC to a Mac which has booted from the Install DVD?

What steps do I follow to VNC into a Mac which has booted from the Install DVD? Have heard you can't do this with the Leopard Install DVD anymore - if so, instructions for the Tiger Install DVD would be handy to know also.
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Access default unity desktop only over VNC connection

I installed Unity desktop on my cloud instance (18.04.1 x64) sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop and the VNC Server sudo apt-get install vnc4server What would be the contents of .vnc/xstartup file to invoke Unity desktop on a connection. I know…
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