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TightVNC is a cross-platform open source remote desktop software application.

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No connection to KRFB system remotely?

I am just so lost trying to get a secure desktop sharing working with KRFB. I keep following tutorial after tutorial and nothing works. I am however successfully able to connect locally right away ...
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TightVNC Resolution on Windows

I've installed TightVNC on a Windows server and am struggling to get the client connection to display resolutions other than 800x600. The windows server desktop is configured as 1920x1080 and I have ...
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Is it possible to find the person who connected remotely to my PC via VNC?

TL;DR: My computer got remotely accessed and I want to know what the person did on it. The details: I started tinkering with remote connection because I wanted to remotely work on my home PC from ...
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Docker Container VNC initial frame very slow

I have a system running Fedora server 39 and docker. I am running docker containers that I want to VNC into. While this does work the initial connection can take up to five minutes or so. I am using ...
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VNCServer shows grey screen on port 1, but desktop environment works on other ports

I am working on an Ubuntu 20.04 Server -and I am very new to this- and trying to use vncserver -which was installed by some other person-, while trying to make the server boot with VNCServer I changed ...
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TightVNC X11VNC Rendering Distortion

My x11vnc Server Debian + tightvnc Client Windows render me the following image errors while typing: I'll appreciate if anybody who has experienced this before with tightvnc + x11vnc, could please me ...
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How to exit full-screen mode if Ctrl-Shift-Alt F key does not work?

I'm using a cloud service through SSH jump host using MobaXterm. After login, in the command line, I start vncserver using the command vncserver -localhost no -geometry 3840x2160 :5 and connect to a ...
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Programs run (gedit, system monitor, etc) in TightVNC workspace open on local workspace instead of VNC workspace

I am running Ubuntu 20.04 and have install TightVNC using: sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies sudo apt install tightvncserver vncserver <input password> <verify password> vncserver -kill ...
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Systemd TightVNC Multi User

This may have already been answered before, but if it has, my google foo isn't strong enough to find it. I'm running a TightVNC server and I want multiple users to connect to it. I have found the ...
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How to open VNC connection in maximized window using .vnc file

I am using TightVNC along with a .vnc file to connect to a remote VNC server. The connection works, but the TightVNC window that opens is not maximized. I have searched for .vnc file options to ...
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Kali NetHunter KeX error ESM mode

When entering the KeX application, an error is thrown "Connection to VNC failed" When I enter the terminal and try to run through kex, I get: /usr/bin/kex: line 291: cmdkey.exe: command not ...
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VNC Server Password not changing on port 5900

I'm trying to fix the VNC Server 'password' Password vulnerability of Metasploitable 2. I have changed the vncserver password using vncpasswd and it works fine for all the ports but 5900. After ...
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Vnc windows 10 login stuck

Hi i am running Tight VNC server on a remote win 10 PC which has 2 monitors. When i log in with a VNC viewer, it prompts me for a password and i am presented with the Windows 10 lock screen, ...
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PuTTY gives different result when running remote command vs SSH command-line

In Windows 10, from the command line when I run ssh [email protected] vncserver -localhost everything works fine. But when I try to run the same command in a graphical PuTTY interface by entering the ...
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How to Change the VNC listening port on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS server?

I have until now been running on Ubuntu servers 20.04 and lower, where I have used headless server settings, with SSH access, with specific ports for each server for terminal commands, and VNC with ...
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Switching from TightVNC to other applications on the client machine

I'm looking for a way to switch away from TightVNC without leaving full-screen mode. With my current configuration - in TightVNC 2.8.63, which seems to be the latest version - Alt+Tab is always sent ...
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TightVNC shortcut to a specific screen

I have a computer with three different monitors and I want the tightvnc to open on one of them (not the main). I can't seem to find and commands that make the screen location save.
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VNC File transfer between Windows server and Linux client

I have TightVNC Server installed on a Windows 7 machine, with file transfers option enabled. I remotely connet to that machine from a Ubuntu 20.04 machine, using a VNC client. I am able to copy/paste ...
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My VNC session connects but no display appears

I'm trying to get a desktop connection from one Linux host to another. I run this command from my client host: $ vncviewer 10.0.0.4:6001 I see the connection with this from my server host: $ sudo ...
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TightVNC suddenly stops taking input

I have a TightVNC server running on an Ubuntu computer and am connecting to it through an SSH tunnel from a Windows 10 computer. It usually works completely fine until seemingly at random it just ...
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End-User Licence Agreement for TightVNC shows coca-cola logos

this has never happened to me before... I downloaded the tightvnc installer for windows from the official website, checked the signature and certificate, and ran it. Everything was ok, until I got to ...
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TightVNC Server (Windows) make command line configuration persistent

I have run the following command for my tighVNC server: tvnserver.exe -controlservice -sharedisplay 1 It has worked, but when the computer has been restarted, the setting has been forgotten. What can ...
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Tightvnc on Ubuntu 20.04 doesn't start gnome-session

I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 and tightvncserver however, when I connect to the desktop, I see a grey desktop. I have tried some ideas to manually start gnome-session in the xstartup file, but wasn't ...
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VNC connection over public IP is not working

I installed TightVNC. I enabled port forwarding and port was opened, I checked it here https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ TightVNC added itself to Firewall exception. TightVNC server was ...
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How to properly configure xstartup file for TightVNC with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS GNOME environment

I'm trying to configure Gnome-Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I'm able to view the desktop with Real VNC Viewer, Apple VNC Screen Share and other VNC viewers, I can run my applications, the desktop ...
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Debian 10 VNC Server Displays Grey Screen with X Using XFCE

I have tried several suggestion solutions elsewhere online, but nothing is working yet. Still getting just a grey screen with an X when trying to connect to Debian 10 server running tightvnc server ...
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Computer management through TightVnc

I remote access to another computer through TightVnc, but in some computer I can not edit computer management / settings. As soon as I open that window I can not click anymore. The settings are ...
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Windows 10: Shift+Tab not working

On a Windows 10 box, I found that I can't send Shift+Tab to (at least some) applications, such as Notepad++. I am using that machine remotely via a VNC session (Remmina client under Xubuntu, the ...
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How to disable clipboard function on TightVNC server

I looked at the manual of TightVNC Server but I couldn't find any option to disable clipboard function in order to block copy/paste between host machine and remote machine. I use TightVNC Server (...
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VNC Server not starting on mate arch linux (result = connection refused by computer in vnc viewer) on arch linux

The log file of tigervnc server has this in it: mate-session[1077]: WARNING: Could not make bus activated clients aware of DISPLAY=:1 environment variable: Could not connect: Connection refused mate-...
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TightVNC server crashes when scrolling in gedit in XFCE

I'm using TightVNC Server version 1.3.9 on a Debian Buster VM, and TightVNC Viewer version 2.8.11 on Windows 10 1709. If I Run the VNC Server using vncserver -geometry 1920x1080 and the xstartup ...
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How to setup a VNC server on Windows 10 and secure with SSH?

I need to use OpenGL on a remote Win 10 computer so can't use RDP. I also need a secure connection so VNC over SSH looks like a good solution. So far I've installed and configured OpenSSH and ...
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How to install tightVNC on SUSE 12 SP2

I am trying to install tightvnc on (throw putty): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (x86_64) - Kernel \r (\l) but getting this error: [DevelRepo|http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/...
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Cinnamon crashes when connect to a VNC server on Linux Mint with Cinnamon desktop

I installed a VNCServer on Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon. And I want to connect to it via a client on Windows 10 with creating a new Cinnamon desktop. As I know, three different VNCServer can do this, they'...
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Connection Error TightVNC Server on Windows 10 Pro

I was wondering if anyone has had this problem before. I'm trying to connect to my Windows 10 machine via TightVNC. I have TightVNC server installed on the Windows machine and I'm sure that the ...
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How to configure Gnome 3 on Ubuntu-19.04 Virtual Machine running on my Google Cloud Platform?

I am able to follow these links to configure Gnome 2 onto my VM in GCP successfully. Installing and configuring Ubuntu Desktop for Google Cloud Platform Graphical user interface (GUI) for Google ...
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How to check if anyone is connected to my laptop through TightVNC?

I have a laptop with TightVNC already installed in it. I would like to check if there is anyone connected to or accessing my laptop, how could I do this? The program TightVNC is running in my ...
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TightVNC server, running on Windows 10 ignores mouse and keyboard inputs from TightVNC viewer, running on Windows 8.1

The Setup: TightVNC server (v 2.8.8) running on Windows 10, with admin rights. TightVNC viewer (v 2.8.8) running on Windows 8.1 with admin rights. Firewalls are configured to enable local and shared ...
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Can I use VNC to control RDP sessions on Windows?

I would like to control RDP remote sessions on a Windows Server 2016 machine with VNC server. I tried tightVNC and UltraVNC, I use host:display syntax to connect but I can only see the "Console" ...
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(Real)VNC Viewer Dual/Multiple Display at remote pc - toggle display?

VNC is a great tool. However with multiple monitors either on client or on server its a bit sub-optimal. fi. if the server features 2 monitors and the client 2 you got one single window in the viewer ...
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Remote desktop not visible over LAN when using VNC (SSH tunnel confirmed to be working)

There are two machines on LAN: user@intel(server) and greg@dom(client) - both Xubuntu 18.04. The server installation/deployment was done using: user@intel:~$ sudo apt-get update user@intel:~$ sudo ...
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How to use TightVNC Java Viewer with built-in SSH to connect to an Ubuntu Google Compute Engine instance?

I am using the TightVNC Java Viewer downloaded from here: https://www.tightvnc.com/release-jviewer-2.6.php which has built-in SSH support. Using this, I would like to connect to my Google Compute ...
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How to connect to a TightVNC-server on Windows via ssh-tunnel?

I need to connect to a particular Windows machine, which is behind firewall, from a remote Unix machine. To this end I installed the TightVNC-server (2.8.8 GPL) on the Windows machine. It is set to ...
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GNS3 windows XP appliance shows blue screen

I have added a windows xp appliance to GNS3 from a working copy of a vmdk file after configuring the image as required but if open the console (TightVNC) as depicted above I am unexpectedly shocked to ...
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TightVNC Server not allowing to use -connect and -sharedisplay arguments together

I am unable to use TightVNC in reverse connection mode sharing a specified window, display region or secondary monitor. This is how I set VNCViewer to listen: tvnviewer.exe -listen At this point I ...
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Why can't I log in to a Windows system with TightVNC?

I'm using TightVNC 2.8.5, connecting with TightVNC viewer on one Windows 10 system to TightVNCserver on another Windows 10 system. If the server system is locked when the viewer connection is made, ...
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VNC clients don't work

I tried lots of VNC clients , but they didn't work . I figured out why , it's because when the client connects to the VNC server , the server takes no password . A window pops up to the client that ...
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Running vim sometimes causes vnc server to crash

I use tightvnc on Ubuntu 14.04.1. Sometimes, when I run vim, the vnc server dies. I see the following messages in my VNC log: Window manager warning: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily ...
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Pre-configure TightVNC as (reverse connection) listener (service)?

Is it possible to pre-config my TightVNC service and let it act as (reverse connection) listener for a certain host, without doing this via the GUI? I've been roaming through many websites, looking ...
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Keyboard layout seems wrong only in certain windows

It seems like any textboxes in lxqt windows is using the wrong characters when typing them. For example the desktop preferences window, trying to type in a new background image file name the keyboard ...
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