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VNC from MacOS screen sharing to linux Ubuntu

I’m trying to screen share from a MacBook to a VM running Ubuntu on Parallels on a MacBook Pro on the same network. I can ssh to it fine, but using the same account and IP address in MacOS screen ...
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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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How does tigervnc auto-resize VNC sessions?

When you open a tigervnc server session with a tigervnc client, the desktop resolution auto-resizes to match the size of the client window. Do any other clients implement it? Remmina doesn't seem to,...
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Cannot start chromium on vncserver without --no-sandbox option

I've got server with Debian 7.0 and I installed vnc4server with fluxbox and chromium (same happens on google chrome, though) on it. When I try to open chromium, I get this error: PID namespaces ...
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Is there a screen sharing/remote desktop app for mac that lets you use a different host screen resolution?

Ok, there are tons and tons of questions about remote desktop for mac and they're all being closed as duplicates. I however am specifically looking for one that will let me use a different resolution ...
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Unable to use mouse/keyboard through VNC Viewer

I just installed VNC Server on my remote server and ensured that the viewer mode is off. Still, the keyboard and mouse inputs are somehow disabled in the VNCViewer. Access from: Windows 10 Remote ...
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Remote desktop with no copy & paste (“read-only”)

Are there any VNC or Remote Desktop clients (like Chrome’s) that let me disable copy & paste or downloading of files to the client computer? I’d like to give a user access to my computer in “read-...
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VNC Keyboard Mapping Mismatch

Background I am using a VNC Viewer to connect from my local client Windows 10 Home to a remote mac OS X El Capitan host. Unfortunately, on my remote desktop the key-to-character mappings are ...
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How to selectively bypass TUN OpenVPN client for VNC service?

I have a Mac Mini connected to internet via an ASUS router running ASUS's modified WRT firmware. All devices have latest software/firmware. The Mini does scheduled connections to the internet via a ...
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How to upgrade xrandr in ubuntu 14.04?

While trying to change resolution in VNC using: xrandr --fb 1440x900 I get the following error: xrandr: Server RandR version before 1.2 trying to "apt-get" it, the result suggests to install x11-...
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Seeing remote mouse through VNC

I partially understand VNC in that I know, by default, you can only see when desktop itself and the client's mouse is shown. But, I was wondering if there is a different technology out there that ...
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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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Run VNC only for a region of the screen

Is there a VNC server that lets me define only a region of the screen for remote control?
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Install VNC Server via RDP on Windows 2008 Server

I have a need to allow multiple users to view the same remote session on a Windows 2008 server. The server is cloud-based and is virtual. I have no physical access to it. I've tried several different ...
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Can you use VNC to only share one window or application rather than the whole screen?

Is it possible to only share a single window or application over VNC? This would be useful for sharing only one aspect of a computer with another viewer. From Microsoft Windows preferably.
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Create a VNC proxy with authentication

We have a bunch of VNC servers located on our local network. We wish to give external customers access to these VNC servers, via some sort of "middle-man" software solution which can handle ...
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"Connection closed" error when using vinagre

I currently have two machines that I'm trying to connect on a local network. The problem is this: one machine is running Arch Linux, and the other is running Ubuntu 11.04. I want to remote desktop ...
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Multiple GNOME sessions

I'm working in a corporate network environment and am having trouble with multiple GNOME sessions. My desktop runs Ubuntu 10.10 and I would like to start another GNOME session on a remote machine ...
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VirtualBox OSE: Install Guest OS On Headless Host Via VNC?

I've remotely installed VirtualBox OSE on my Gentoo box at home. I have everything set up and ready for the OS. However all the documentation I've read seems to say that you can only use the PUEL ...
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Configuring VNC Windows to Linux

Not sure if this is obvious or just plain weird but I'm having a few issues with VNC between Windows and Linux on my home network. I've set up TigerVNC on Fedora 12 and I've got Putty running on a ...
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realVNC Server is running, why can't I find it listening on *any* port?

Windows 10 Home Version 22H2, newly installed. I downloaded real VNC Server 7.5.1 (r50075) x64, with free personal use license. I run it as Administrator (but UAC pops up asking for permission anyway)....
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Oracle Cloud console connection what is the username and password to be used here?

I've been trying out Oracle's Cloud Service after my AWS trial expired, and I've setup a VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro instance with Ubuntu 20.04. I was trying to change the default SSH port from 22 to 4545, ...
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Setup VNC server on ArchLinux with sddm and KDE

I'm trying to expose desktop of my PC in internal network. I would like to expose SDDM and KDE session in there. Surprisingly I was not able to find legit article on Arch wiki. Is it even possible? Or ...
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How to Send control+option from Windows client to Mac VNC Screen Sharing?

I need to be able to send control+option+arrows from Windows client to Mac with vnc screen sharing enabled. However, RealVNC sends command key when I press alt key. According to the page below, it's ...
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CConn: unable connect to socket: Connection refused (111)

I have a Raspberry Pi4 with Ubuntu 19.10 installed and am using it headless via ssh from a Linux laptop. I want access to a vncserver and have installed tightvncserver following this guide I have ...
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vnc doesn't work (connection successful, but I can't see any graphics)

I'm trying to use VNC on a remote server of mine. My local machine and the remote machine are both running Ubuntu 18.04. There are no errors produced by any of the installation commands, but I just ...
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xRDP session ends after succesful login for root

I installed xRDP and tigervnc server on a CentOS 7 VM. All users can login succesfully but "root". When I try login to VM with root, the connection establishes but after 4-5 seconds the RDP session ...
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xrdp under centos7, which session type do I need to try? xvnc or xorg?

I just enabled the Xrdp service under a new installed centos7 system. When I use the Windows remote desktop client(mstsc.exe) to connect to the xrdp server, I see there is an option which can let me ...
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Chromium on ubuntu GLX issues

I am trying to run chromium-browser on Ubuntu Server but it starts with a lot of errors that you can see below. I have tried to installed the Nvidia drivers, update/install everything related to GLX/...
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Dockerizing VNC and xeyes together as proof of concept, not working

I've been trying to dockerize the xeyes app just to test. I know there are other ways to run things in raspberry pi but I needed a self contained image that doesn't rely on the machine's X11. I had to ...
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Network connections immediately closed when connecting to home server from home

My SSH and VNC connections freeze a few seconds after they get established when I connect to my home Linux computers from home using their external IP addresses. Everything works fine when I connect ...
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TightVNC full screen on multiple monitors?

I have a Mac, with two monitors, with Remote Management with VNC turned on. I have a Windows 10 machine, with two monitors, running TightVNC client. When I connect to the Mac, I get a wide window ...
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Getting Windows to use a high resolution for VNC headless

I have a Win 7 Pro x64 machine, which I run without a monitor and connect to via Real VNC. When I connect a high res (2560x1600) monitor to it, then I can select that resolution, and VNC lets me use ...
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VNC Viewer: Timed out waiting for a response from the host computer

I have VNC Server installed on my OS X 10.11 El Capitan as virtual machine on my VMware Workstation 12 Pro running on Windows Server 2012 R2. But when i try to connect to it with VNC Viewer, it says: ...
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TightVNC with Linux Mint & LXDE xstartup config

I have a Linux box running Linux Mint 17.2 x64 with xfce. For the life of me, I cannot get a proper GUI interface running when I log in to a new session via tightvnc. I always have a grey screen with ...
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Manually compiled TigerVNC throws syntax error on Raspberry Pi

I want to set up TigerVNC (because it have XRandR support), on my Raspberry Pi B+. So I've downloaded sources from TigerVNC Github repo and compiled directly on Raspberry using CMake. It compiled ...
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Invisible mouse pointer when recording screen on a remote PC

What I'm trying to do is record videos on a remote server. The issue is that when I use any other remote control application other than the native windows remote desktop, the mouse pointer is never ...
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How do I get VNC to do fullscreen on 2 of 3 monitors

At work, I has a schmansy setup where I connect to two nice monitors via USB3. When using these, my laptop screen can also be active. RealVNC hsa the use all monitors option. What I really want is ...
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Lightdm, x11vnc two seats: VNC keyboard/mouse input only works if seat is active

I have Lightdm setup to run two seats: XBMC (Seat:0) which uses my monitor xfce (Seat:1) which uses virtual terminal 8 This way I can switch between them using Crtl-Alt-F7/F8 I use x11vnc to ...
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Determining what coordinates I click on VNC

Is there an easy way to determine the coordinates I'm hitting (server-side) with VNC or a VNC viewer? Or a logging feature server-side that'll spit out what coordinates I'm clicking? A VNC viewer ...
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VNC Server + no monitor + reboot = blank screen in VNCViewer until monitor is attached

I am running RealVNC Server free on a Windows 7 Ultimate x64 machine. The server machine has an ATI Radeon 57xx series graphics card and no onboard video. I intend for this machine to not use a ...
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vmware+vnc host keyboard problems

When users access the vmware hosts on my server through vnc, the keyboard is not working correctly. In all other applications, e.g. terminal and openoffice, the keyboard works as expected: the keymap ...
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How to define a virtual screen (extending current desktop) for VNC?

How can I define a virtual screen/workspace to extend my desktop to which I can connect using VNC. I know vnc4server allowed you to modify the xorg.conf to define a screen, but this is not available ...
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How can I set up a mac mini server to be used by multiple windows users at once (Screen Sharing also)?

How can I set up a mac mini server to be used by multiple windows users at once via a VNC client
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Script to unstick VNC keys?

I've run into dropped key events when connecting via VNC clients, leading to a "stuck key" (usually a meta key like CTRL or ALT) and searching around the common answer on how to solve it is often "...
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Possible to make the Windows 8 start menu less fancy for VNC?

I use Windows 8 on a virtual machine through a VNC connection. The VNC server is integrated into VMWare so that even if I lose network connection on Windows 8, I can still access it. Overall, my ...
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Windows vnc client that connects to Mac's multi user vnc server?

So in Mac Lion the vnc server lets me do virtual desktops(multiple users logged in at the same time) just like Remote Desktop for windows does. This works great for mac clients, when I connect it ...
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Can I get UDP Hole Punching with (any) VNC client to get around the local firewall/router?

I don't have access to the local internet router, so I'm unable to setup port forwarding on my lan connection. I'm just trying to find out if there is any way for me to get around my local router ...
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How to run kubuntu 12 without monitor

I'm trying to setup home build server. I'm not experienced in linux thus I want to have remote access to GUI desktop. I installed kubuntu 12.04 (because I'm most familiar with it) and setup x11vnc. ...
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Tunneling VNC over SSH

I would like to run VNC over SSH (tunneling) on a Mac. I am behind a Firewall and I can't modify the Firewall other than open Port 22 or the VNC port. Is there any way I can run VNC over SSH, ...
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