Questions tagged [vnc-viewer]
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How to enable text copy and paste for VNC
I am accessing a remote machine by VNC Viewer. Sometimes I find I can't copy and paste text from VNC Viewer.
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TigerVNC viewer: no matching security types
I'm trying to remote control the desktop of a Raspberry Pi (Raspbian Jessie) from a Samsung Chromebook (ARM Arch Linux).
The VNC server running on the Pi is RealVNC.
The VNC viewer on the Chromebook ...
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vnc viewer error: unable connect to socket: Connection refused (111)
I installed tigervnc-server package in server.
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa tigervnc-server
tigervnc-server-1.1.0-5.el6.i686
Created a vnc user and created vncpasswd also for that user.
[root@...
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vncserver too many security failures
I have installed Win7 and Ubuntu both on this machine.
When I try to connect to my vncserver running on CentOS from my home computer behind a firewall, I get an error:
VNC conenction failed: ...
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Option-key with VNC Viewer to remote control a Mac from a Windows 7 PC
I use a Mac Mini as Home Entertainment System (no keyboard or mouse connected).
To access the Mac Mini from my Windows 7 PC I use VNC (note the Windows 7 PC has a German keyboard).
My problem is ...
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Can a Linux VNC server scale the resolution to the client size?
I have a fairly small resolution (vertically) on my work PC and need to VNC into an Ubuntu desktop. At 1024*768 the window needs to scroll and rolls off the monitor's edge.
With VirtualBox, the guest'...
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How to transmit locally entered modifier keys or shortcuts to the remote desktop via VNC? Mask or escape them somehow?
I am connected to a xmonad desktop but am only able to use the first workspace. How can I change to other workspaces?
Furthermore: If the last terminal is closed, I can’t do anything. How can I open ...
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issue with VNC when there is no monitor
I tried to use VNC (remote desktop viewer) on a computer that does not have a monitor but failed. When that computer has a monitor, VNC viewer works fine. Also in both cases, ssh remote access works ...
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VNC : Console does not accept any keyboard/mouse inputs
I have used and configured vnc many a times before but facing this strange issue for the first time. Here are my steps of configuring vnc on Amazon (RHEL 6.2 64-bit, AMI: ami-2fd5441f):
Server ...
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Start VNC session without the full GUI desktop? (seamless window)
I would like to start a vncserver on *NIX machine and then on the client side (windows XP) I would like to be able to have just the terminal from the server machine (like gnome-terminal) without ...
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I Cannot Type the Key 'd' (lowercase) in VNC Viewer Connected to a vncserver of Ubuntu 10.10
I set a vncserver in my Ubuntu 10.10 Server, and started the service by vncserver :1, and I could also connect it from my Ultra VNC viewer on my WinXP.
Everything works fine, but I just cannot type ...
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VNC viewer connection failed -End of stream
VNC viewer unable to login getting error like
"connection failed -End of stream
Possible causes:
-Another user is already listening on this ID
-Bad connection"
when I am trying to access 1024x768 ...
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Is there any way to disable "Windows has detected your computer's performance is slow" notification/action in Windows 7 when using VNC?
Whenever I access my Windows 7 (Professional, 64-bit) desktop through a VNC client (TightVNC on laptop or VNC Viewer on iPhone), Windows pops up the "Windows has detected your computer's performance ...
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how to login to RealVNC automatically(without giving user/password every time)
any idea how to login to RealVNC automatically(without giving user/password every time).
like how we can login to putty:
putty.ext [email protected] -pw password
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VNC server is running but I cannot connect to it using VNC viewer
I have installed VNC server on CentOS 5.8 and it is running, but I cannot connect to it using VNC viewer. I get the following error message:
connect: Connection timed out(10060)
What could be the ...
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How to view toggle / view multiple monitors using VNC?
Trying to remotely view and control user's PCs, nowadays everyone has multiple screens which I need to see. I've googled around tightvnc, ultravnc and tigervnc but none of these seem to work. I can ...
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Copy/paste not working while VNC Viewer is connected to a PC
My copy/paste function stop working when I connect to a pc using VNC Viewer. This is throughout my own pc that it stops working and not just to the remote PC. Work again right after VNC is closed.
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Alt-tab within VNC and back to my desktop
My local desktop is Windows 7, and my remote Linux machine is Ubuntu + Gnome. I access my linux machine via VNCViewer.
When I'm working on my desktop, Alt+Tab switches between my desktop programs.
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VNC viewer does not refresh/update the screen
I have VNC Server installed on Windows 8 Desktop Machine.
I havw VNC Viewer Installed on Windows 7 Laptop, I don't know what I am doing wrong but my VNC Viewer won't update/refresh the screen after ...
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UltraVNC giving Server closed connection
I've just installed UltraVNC version 1.0.9.6.2 on a Win 7 desktop machine, and also on a Win 2008 R2 server. I've configured them both for single domain MS Login.
Whichever way I try to connect (...
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SSH tunnel for VNC not functioning
I am playing with my sexy new Ubuntu 10.04 server
I am trying to tunnel x11vnc through SSH to putty.
Steps I took (all from my Windows 7 client)
open putty (0.60)
Enter the server address under ...
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Is it possible to make VNC Viewer send keystrokes regardless of whether mouse pointer is within its window?
By default, VNC Viewer (I think it's Tiger VNC; whatever comes by default on Fedora) doesn't send key presses to the remote server if your mouse pointer is not within its window. This is annoying if ...
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VNC viewer RFB protocol error: bad desktop size 0x0
I'm running VNC server on a baby Fit PC2 computer under Win7 in the loft with no monitor attached. After a restart, my VNC viewer shows the above error and no connection is possible. Attaching a ...
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Best fullscreen solution for vnc on linux
For development, I primarily depend on Eclipse and a GNU Screen session in a terminal. At work, I have dual monitors, and have them usually maximized on each of the screens. When I work from home, I ...
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Why does the process/task triggered on the VM gets stopped when the SSH connection used to create the process was broken?
I have a VM running on some remote host.
I do connect to it from my desktop PC over SSH through putty.
I trigger a build process on that VM.
Now if i close the putty SSH session, why does the build ...
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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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How to properly run GUI VNC clients on Cygwin
I want to use vinagre or remmina VNC clients but they fail to run:
$ vinagre
C:/cygwin64/bin/vinagre.exe: error while loading shared libraries: cygvte-2.91-0.dll: cannot open shared object file: No ...
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TigerVNC Viewer on Windows 10 changing default options
How do I change the default options when starting TigerVNC Viewer on Windows 10 ? I want Full screen to be enabled and Pass system keys directory to server (full screen) to be disabled
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SSH tunnel and VNC
I'm using Porteus 3.2.2 to connect to a VNC server in the internet through a SSH tunnel, and I'm trying to automate it as much as possible.
I have this script that creates the tunnel and keeps it ...
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How to wake up a locked screen remotely? vnc viewer: send C-A-D doesn't work
I am remotely controlling a windows pc by VNC viewer. Unfortunately, the screen of that pc is locked up, though the system is still running. So I can see how the programs on it running, but I cannot ...
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Assisting a user using VNC
I'm trying to help a friend with their computer remotely.
He has a version of VNC, I'm not sure which one, so I downloaded and installed the VNC Viewer and Listening Viewer.
I ask my friend for his ...
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copy / paste not working in screen sharing, Mac remote, VNC on Windows
Ventura 13.4.1 on new Mac mini (M2), Screen Sharing enabled (or Remote Management, doesn't matter), RealVNC Viewer on Windows 10 (or UltraVNC, doesn't matter). "Allow copy and paste text..." ...
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How to enable copy and paste for VNCViewer and VNC server of QEMU?
The VNC server is launched by QEMU 6.1.0 on Ubuntu, the QEMU being built without any special parameters:
qemu-system-x86_64 -hda ubuntu.qcow -m 1500
VNC server running on ::1:5900
The VNC Viewer is ...
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What VNC client for Mac and/or Windows can I use to connect to "Screen Sharing" on Fedora and Ubuntu (desktop OSes)? [closed]
The only app I've found that works is Remmina, but of course that only runs on Linux. Apparently the issue is with encryption, which I don't even need because all traffic is staying on my LAN (behind ...
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Why has RealVNC's VNC Viewer stopped connecting to my Mac fullscreen?
I've been using VNC Viewer to connect to my Mac Mini for some time now. I got things set up so that the viewer would dictate the resolution, so I could use the full resolution of my monitor (which is ...
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vncserver on ubuntu 18.04 - viewer shows terminal on host
I would like to setup vncserver on my ubuntu 18.04 host. My ~/.vnc/xstartup file looks like -
#!/bin/sh
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec startxfce4
I launch the server with command line -
vncserver
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ChunkVNC gives error while compiling winvnc.exe
I have installed ChunkVNC_3_3_1 . When i use compiler.exe and create exe files it gives error like
WARNING : Running WinVNC without setting a password is a dangerous security risk!
Until you set a ...
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How to configure RealVNC Viewer to display on only specific monitors instead of all monitors?
I am trying to configure RealVNC Viewer on Windows 7 64 bit, to use only 2 out of 3 available displays. I could come across UseAllMonitors option, setting which to true uses all 3 monitors, and not ...
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Does VNC (client/server) transfer data when client is minimized
Is there data transfer between a vnc client and server when the vnc client is minimized (Apart from handshaking)?
Does the answer depend on what client/server I am running? (I am using TightVNC as ...
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Detect if device is accessed using VNC [closed]
I like to check if our application on remote host is being accessed via VNC Viewer or other similar product of VNC. There are security preferences in our application which should restrict access to ...
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Clipboard paste error
In Microsoft Excel, when using mouse to move or copy a cell I get an error message box after 2 seconds stating:
There's a problem with the clipboard, but you can still paste your content within this ...
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Execution of a command locally after ssh tunneling and ssh connection staying in console
It's a continuation for question: Execution of a command locally after ssh tunneling".
I have something like this:
ssh -f -L 555:localhost:555 10.0.0.1 sleep 10
vncviewer
However, in such case ssh ...
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VNC: connection timeout
I have realvnc, the vnc server was giving some errors yesterday but i fixed them.
I forwarded my ports
My settings are correct
Still i get connection timeout
I turned off my firewall, tried again, ...
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Keyboard layout completely messed up - running a VM on a server
I am connected to a vnc server and am viewing it using a vnc viewer. On the vnc server, there is a VM. Both the vnc server and the VM are running the latest version of Ubuntu.
My computer's keyboard ...
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how to retrieve VNC viewer stored password on osx
I have used Realvnc VNC Viewer on my Mac for enough time to forget my raspberry server password.
The issue is:
I still can access to the server via VNC Viewer, because the password is stored.
I have ...
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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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VNC Client docker and port forwarding
I tried to access a docker image via port forwarding on a server with VNC Viewer.
I used port forwarding in a docker-compose.yml like this :
ports:
- "5011:5901"
- "5012:22/tcp&...
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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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How to switch out of RealVNC VNC Viewer fullscreen mode with single shortcut?
I would like to switch out of VNC Viewer with keyboard, leaving it in fullscreen mode.
Is it possible?
I don't want to press F8 then use Alt-TAB or mouse (two shortcuts) to leave and then use another ...
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Connecting to Remote Desktop on Raspberry Pi after wifi has changed
I am using VNC remote desktop on a raspberry pi 4 that is currently set up to run on my home WIFI network. This part works fine. The problem I have is trying to change the WIFI network on the pi and ...
