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phildini

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Registered: 2009-09-01

Posts: 2

VNC with x11vnc

Hi. I was following a tutorial on the #! wiki, and ran into some problems.  The tutorial is here:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/howto/e … rus_filter

Most notably the section on setting up a vnc server.
I've got the server working to the point that I can get the #! login screen, but it disconnects if I actually log in.
There's some code that's supposed to fix it, but it may have become outdated with a newer version.
Any help appreciated.

Cyber

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From: Augsburg, Germany

Registered: 2009-08-27

Posts: 6

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Re: VNC with x11vnc

why do you start it so savely?

I think its for private Network...

just start this one with user account and X (ssh -X ...)

x11vnc -display :0 -loop -notruecolor -forever &

When you will start it with root (ssh -X root@) you have to use this one:

x11vnc -display :0 -loop -notruecolor -forever -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth &

You should see this one:

The VNC desktop is:      freaky-dell:0
PORT=5900

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Have you tried the x11vnc '-ncache' VNC client-side pixel caching feature yet?

The scheme stores pixel data offscreen on the VNC viewer side for faster
retrieval.  It should work with any VNC viewer.  Try it by running:

    x11vnc -ncache 10 ...

more info: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-client-caching

phildini

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Registered: 2009-09-01

Posts: 2

Re: VNC with x11vnc

Thanks for the reply. The reason I like the setup they have in the tutorial is that it starts the vnc server on boot, rather than me having to remember to start it, and it doesn't really interfere with sessioning in any way.

I'm going to try your solutions as a fix, and I really appreciate, but if someone can figure out why the original setup from the wiki isn't working on my machine, much obliged.