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How can I get RealVNC to accept incoming connections in Windows 10?

I have a system with XP, Vista, Windows 7 and now Windows 10. With RealVNC 4.1.3 installed on all machines I can remote in to every machine except for the Win 10. On the Win 10 machine I can connect ...
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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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Access home Mac over VNC remotely?

I know there are various clients, but is it possible to access my home Mac remotely via open vnc://... from the terminal? I can do this with my work Mac, which has a dedicated public domain name. ...
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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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How do I get rid of this black bar under docky on xfce?

I'm running xfce on ubuntu 18.04 via vnc on a headless machine. When I run docky or plank, I have this black bar under it. I've found some info online which says I needed to disable shadows under ...
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Can't unminimize window within Tiger VNC window

I'm running Tiger VNC through Windows 7 to a linux box (RHEL6). Within that, windows/apps can get maximized by mistake (haven't figured out how I keep doing it). When maximized, no controls outside ...
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Does VNC allow me to connect to another computer if the computer is on another wifi network?

I'm trying to connect to a friend's computer on a different WiFi network using VNC, and I was wondering if that would work?
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UltraVNC fails with OCR, RDC succeeds

I am trying to use OCR on a remote machine, which can be connected to via either RDC or VNC. There is one script that is supposed to run there, that is using tesseract OCR package. For some reason ...
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Why is Windows firewall not blocking incoming VNC access?

I have a publicly-facing Windows 10 box (with a public IP) that I would to configure so that I, and only I, can remotely VNC to it. Fortunately I can ensure that I will only be connecting to my ...
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Using a tablet as a second monitor with Wayland

I use the following script to VNC into my computer using an old tablet to turn the tablet into a second monitor: xrandr --fb 3840x1080 --output eDP-1 --panning 3840x1080+0+0/3840x1080+0+0 sleep 3 ...
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How to copy and paste from Windows to Mac using RealVNC?

I'm currently using RealVNC to remote from Windows to Mac. However, the one thing I cannot get to work is copy/paste between Windows and Mac. I literally have to copy content into a file that both ...
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Command Prompt netstat response

I was trying to check if any VNC is turned on so I tried netstat -an | find "ESTABLISHED" | find ":5900" and netstat -an | find "ESTABLISHED" | find ":5800" I got some feedback TCP 127.0.0.1:...
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Multi-seat, single-user, single-session environment

I'm looking for a way to use my desktop normally, be able to lock it (with dm-tool, i3lock, or whatever), and log in to that same desktop remotely and continue working with my running graphical ...
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Tight VNC saveed connections not loading

I'm getting an odd error when I try to connect to a machine through tight VNC using a saved connection. The error reads "Error in tightVNC viewer: the connection parameters (host, port, socket, gates)...
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VNC server stops running after a while

I have a little problem, I have a VNC server running on Digitalocean. This works, I can connect to it with no problems. But after a while (maybe a couple of days after the last connect or something) I ...
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Gnome error when installing Desktop Environment on SLES 12

I am trying to install the graphical interface on a SLES 12 server but after following the following guides I get a dark screen and a cursor. In the errors I find the following message: gnome-session-...
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VNC Access to Remote Centos Host from Windows 10

So, I have a CentOs 7 linux box that is running a tigervnc server. I can ping the vncserver_ip_address box from windows. I'm able to connect to the vnc session from another linux box on the same ...
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UltraVNC cannot control the screen, but macOS Screen Sharing can

Environment: Server: Windows 10 Pro (x64) PC running UltraVNC Server 1.2.2.3 and Kaspersky Internet Security 19.0.0.1088(d). Clients: macOS 10.13.6 connecting via (built-in) Screen Sharing; W10 Pro (...
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In Ubuntu 16.04, connecting through vino only shows the top leftmost screen (High DPI screen)

When I connect to my machine with VNC under vino, I only see the top-left side quarter of the screen. Is there a way to fix it so I can see the whole screen? Details My machine is ubuntu 16.04, 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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Install and Configure TigerVNC on macOS

I've been looking for a new VNC server and came across TigerVNC. I'm trying hard to read the documentation to install, it's totally command line based and I'm a bit stuck. I've searched for others ...
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MS RDP - XRDP - VNC Resolution change

I am using a RaspberryPI 3 with Ubuntu 18.04 x64 with a 64bit fork of the raspbian kernel. No monitor is connected to the Raspberry. I installed the xfce desktop environment to run some graphical ...
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How to setup stream recording on a cloud platform like GCP?

Here's the scenario I'm trying to figure out: There's a website that streams live content e.g. twitch. I have a virtual machine set up on a cloud platform like GCP. I'm able to record these streams ...
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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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vnc : why is xeyes working and not gnome-terminal?

I have a script that opens a vnc connection and then runs an application on the remote machine. When this application is xeyes, everything works perfectly but when it's gnome-terminal, I see no ...
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Windows 7 completely inaccessible from local Network

I'm currently using Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit as a server. I use many applications like SSH, FTP server, VNC, Apache/PHP, Webdav Server. All of a sudden, my apps became completely inaccessible from ...
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Notebook with broken graphics card vncing to raspberry?

I have a moderately fast notebook with a broken graphics card and a totally functionable raspberry 3B. I had the idea of installing a linux system onto the notebook, install Kodi into it, start a VNC-...
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VNC allocating a different IP to RaspberryPi3b

I am trying to connect my Raspberry Pi to my laptop using VNC server (RealVNC) but everytime I boot it up, it allocates a different IP to the device so it gets difficult to connect to the device ...
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all of my ports on my router are open in my router without me setting it

Something very strange happened 4 days ago.... I have been remotely connecting to my workstation using ssh. I use public authentication and my router has been set up to port forward all connections ...
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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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vncviewer connect to primary display of lightdm on debian jessie (share with physical desktop)?

My server setup is: Debian jessie with lightdm DM with only modified changes section to sudo cat /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: [VNCServer] enabled=true command=Xvnc -rfbauth /home/abarik/.vnc/passwd ...
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No authentication agent found for pkexec

I have an Ubuntu 16.04 headless system that I recently installed xfce4 and vnc4server onto. I can connect via VNC and see the desktop, but trying to launch privileged apps such as Synaptic silently ...
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Headless Raspberry Pi 3 installation, attempting to use VNC, Putty, or boot with laptop with BIOS mode

I need a little help here. I own a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. My OS is Windows 10 on a Lenovo T430 laptop. I have a problem: I need to boot my PI headless. What I have is: a laptop Ethernet cable ...
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ultravnc inserts leading and trailing characters into copy paste

I select and copy paste something (even inside the same window) and somebody inserts leading and trailing characters. e.g. I select "abc" and paste this and it ends up as "00~abc01~". This happens ...
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Using UltraVNC instead of TeamViewer

I have happily using TeamViewer over the internet for some time - perhaps too long because it just told me I must pay for the commercial version (too expensive for me). So I'm trying to find an ...
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Remmina pre and post VNC connection commands

There is little documentation on if this can be achieved. My workflow is thus: I connect to my remote machine via SSH, then if I need a GUI, launch TigerVNC server using /usr/bin/vncserver :4 -...
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How can I connect from Windows 10 to the Ubuntu 18.04 VNC server?

I would like to use the Ubuntu 18.04 screen sharing feature (Settings – Sharing), but all Windows clients I tried (RealVNC Viewer, TightVNC Viewer, TigerVNC Viewer) have more or less an identical ...
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VNC with hops multiple machine

I want to acces a remote machine that in inside another machine. I can ssh to it but can't see any in VNC viewer. That's the configuration. external_ip port 3999 to internal_ip192 port 3999 ...
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Inputting # on remote Mac through Citrix/VNC

I use Citrix and VNC on Win 10 to connect to my Mac at work, and I find I can't type the # symbol. I have a UK keyboard, so shift+3 produces £ (both remotely and locally), and the key marked # ...
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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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Why does VNC work when my laptop has no picture on the internal or external display?

I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro (15-inch) running High Sierra (10.13.4). My problem is that the display is blank and external displays connected via the Mini Displayport on the side don't recognize a ...
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Lowest latency VNC connection with available tools

Good day, I have to SSH into systems at my work and cannot seem to find the best setup to get my productivity to the level I want. Currently I have the options to use Putty, VNC Viewer, or Bash for ...
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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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Non VNC and VNC $Display confusion

I have an Ubuntu 16.06LTS system (let's call it Fred) that I use while sitting in front of it and on that same system I run a VNC server (FredVNC). My problem is that when I've started an application ...
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VNC Viewer Disconnect or Click Ctrl Alt Del makes the screen black

CLIENT my VNC Viewer is on OS X EL Capitain 10.11.6 SERVER My target server is kali 4.15.0-kali2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.15.11-1kali1 (2018-03-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux Desktop Session is lightdm-...
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How to forward a port through 2 clients via SSH? [duplicate]

I am trying to access a remote VNC server (say server) via SSH. I am able to do it through one client (say client1): Client 1 (works fine): ssh -L 5901:localhost:5900 server` and then `vncviewer ...
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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 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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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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