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For non-programming-related questions (e.g. errors connecting via VNC), consider asking at superuser.com instead. Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a desktop sharing system which uses the RFB protocol to remotely view and control another desktop.

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a desktop sharing system that uses the Remote Frame Buffer (RFB) protocol to remotely view and control another desktop.

VNC is platform-independent and there are clients (viewers) and servers for many different operating systems. In addition, many virtualization hypervisors (such as KVM and Xen) have built-in VNC servers.

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tigervncserver crashes unless started with sudo

I've installed the following pkgs: ii tigervnc-common 1.10.1+dfsg-1 amd64 Virtual network computing; Common software needed > ii tigervnc-standalone-server 1.10.1+dfsg-1 …
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VNC viewer for iPhone, cotvnc or libvncclient

I am working on a VNC viewer application for iPhone, and connecting it to tightVNCServer. I have discovered that I can either: Modify COTVNC to build my own version for iPhone Use C-based libvncclient library and bind it with Objective-C…
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Using VNCserver + GUI application + Virtual Display in Docker container

I would like to run firefox (or any graphical application) inside docker container. My requirement: When I start the container, I should be creating a virtual display, starting VNC server and then the GUI application. This means after the container…
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Java swing applications not rendering properly with VNC

Swing applications show a blank window when launched on a VNC desktop with Java 8. I don't have this problem with JRE 7 and non-swing applications (eg. Eclipse) runs properly with the same settings. Are there some sort of default settings like 3D…
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How do I change the vncserver default geometry?

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 (I think it's desktop...) and running vncserver to connect to it remotely. I can successfully set the resolution if I use the -geometry flag when starting the server, but I want this to be the default so I don't have to…
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while using tightvnc the host computer resolution cannot be changed

So when I connect my computer through vnc, the host computer displays the resolution of 640x480. Going to screen resolution, the display is set to "display device on: Mobile PC Display" the host computer is not plugged into a monitor but that…
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Difference between RDP/Terminal Services and VNC Streaming Techniques

As part of a client support tool, I'm wanting to provide some functionality to be able to request to view/remote control a desktop session. There are a bunch of ways to get a screen capture and then stream it, but I'm wanting to find out in…
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Automating VNC authorization process through command line

I am receiving a input as vnc://172.16.41.101&passwd=test What i want to do with this input is : 1. Extract the IP address. 2. Extract the password. 3. Launch vncviewer with the ip and password provided. 4. All this should this be automated, once…
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How can I properly run OpenAI gym with nvidia-docker and see the environments

So I'm trying set run OpenAI gym in a docker container, but it looks like this: Notice the pong window has a weird render issue where it's repeating things and the colors are off. Here is space invaders: NOTE FOR "NOT A PROGRAMMING ISSUE" PEOPLE:…
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qemu vnc on android emulator not responding to keyboard and mouse

I am trying to access Android emulator via VNC. Android apps such as droid-vnc server are not working. So, I used qemu vnc emulator -avd VNCvd -qemu -vnc :4 (running at port 5904) The display is good on tightvnc viewer but I can't input…
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base64 gives incorrect result

Because I am setting up vnc server, I need to convert string to base64 to setup password. (How to setup vnc password Say, if I want my password to be qwerty, I have to place the encoded string into the password into conf file. I see there is a…
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Raspberry Pi VNC fail connection

I face a problem that I can ping to correct IP address, it have no loss. And also I use nmap ping the pi address, and I get it correctly. Then I using VNC viewer to try access to pi, but it always show up "The connection was refused by the host…
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How to display pygame output on cloud9-vnc?

So I'm playing with python3 on Cloud9, got interested in trying pygame and found a recommendation to install cloud9-vnc for a desktop display. Got both of those things to work, but not in tandem. I'm a rather newbish with Linux and VNC, so I'm stuck…
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Use Desktop Duplication API to capture Logon & Lock Screens

Since Windows 10 doesn't support Mirror drivers, how do I use Desktop Duplication API to capture console at all times i.e. start with logon window, then user's desktop (after the user logs in) and also the lock screen?
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Prevent users from sending windows(xterm, gvim, ..) to my VNC display

VNC allows any user to send their windows like xterm, gvim, .. to any other user's VNC, using -display option of command or by setting my VNC display in DISPLAY variable. Some users exploiting this feature and keep on sending xterms to my VNC. Is…
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