Questions tagged [tightvnc]
TightVNC is a cross-platform open source remote desktop software application.
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Why can't I share the clipboard using TightVNC server on Windows from Mac's screen sharing?
I have the TightVNC server running on Windows 7 Home Edition and I'm using Screen Sharing on Mac OS X. On the Mac, the clipboard sharing button is greyed out:
If I copy and paste in either OS, the ...
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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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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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How to get TightVNC to capture keystrokes
TightVNC works fantastically for me, with low latency, high resolution, etc. But when trying to do everyday work, I can't manage to use keyboard shortcuts like Alt-Tab because they get capture by ...
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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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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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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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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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TightVNC grey screen?
I'm trying to help my mom remotely with some PC problems.
She's not too computer savvy, so to keep the firewall stuff on my side of things, I tried to use a reverse VNC connection:
On my machine, I ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Grey screen appears with VNCviewer
I'm having some trouble with VNCviewer as I alwayse get a grey screen when connecting, perhaps one of this files are configured incorrectly:
for my /etc/vnc/xstartup file I tried adding this at first ...
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Turn off local monitor when TightVNC connection is active
TightVNC does not have an option to turn off (or stand-by) the monitor when a client is remotely administering the server. Is there any way to keep the windows system from waking the monitor when ...
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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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VNC connection over SSH Tunnel with "middleman" server (Windows Viewer to Mac Server)
I NEED HELP!
So I have a windows 8 PC (vnc viewer) and a iMac 10.8 Mountain Lion (vnc server) and a middleman server running ubuntu on a DMZ (all ports open). Both computers are behind a firewall ...
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Configuring tightvnc to launch a program on startup
I'm following this how-to ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=541656&highlight=ssh+vncviewer ) and managed to connect to the desktop.
Unfortunately, all I see is the Ubuntu background. I ...
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How to enable notification that your computer Window 7 PC is being monitored via TightVNC?
I'm using TightVNC in a classroom situation, and I want the little pop up notification to appear on the students PC's letting them know when the teacher has remoted into their machine or is monitoring ...
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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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The remote desktop screen is always a grey background
I used the methods described in this page and this one to connect to the Amazon EC2 ubuntu instance using remote desktop. But I always got a grey background shown in this image:
The log file in ~/....
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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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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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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
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<verify password>
vncserver -kill ...
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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 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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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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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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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 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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(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
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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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How to setup noVNC using TightVNC on Amazon EC2?
I have installed TightVNC on an Amazon EC2 Windows Server 2008.
I am able to use VNC using TightVNC viewer properly. Now I want to setup noVNC on it. How can I do that?
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TightVNC Access to 1&1 server denied
I have a Windows 2008 server running at 1&1 provider (1und1).
Server is inaccessible. It seems a windows update is the culprit.
Hardware reset did not solve it.
Customer support told me to ...
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tightVnc Viewer: no connection could be made
I have a VPS running ubuntu 14.10, I correctly installed VNC which ran fine for one day. However yesterday when I tried to connect to my VNC using tightvnc viewer it said no connection could be made ...
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How to share several desktop areas of one host to different clients
I'd like to set up the following screen sharing configuration: There are several areas of a screen shared so that each individual viewer (client = "Slave") connects to a different area only (and ...
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VNC resolution mismatch
I am running vncserver on Ubuntu with vncserver -geometry 1920x1080 (the same resolution as my Windows 8 laptop)
Then I access the server using TightVNC Viewer, which is full screen and set to 100% ...
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tightvnc crashes upon the second click to the Launcher's Terminal icon
I am running tightvnc (version 1.3.9) on ubuntu 12.04.
When run locally the ubuntu desktop has a feature wherein if two Terminals are open but obscured by a third application, the first click on the ...
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Chunkvnc - Instantsupport.exe shown as malware
We are using Chunkvnc from a long time. But it is shown as malicious by so many antivirus. I have Instantsupport.exe in my website which my customers download to connect us remotely. But when file is ...
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How do I view a VNC Session of Ubuntu Server in full screen window?
I have tried multiple attempts to change the size of the screen but all it does is seem to fill the screen with a zoomed in image. When I run eclipse the app window is too small to see any of the code....
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App to add second mouse pointer?
I am using kindlevncviewer to display the screen of a Windows XP PC on a Kindle. This VNC viewer, however, seems to be incapable of displaying a mouse cursor.
Is there a small app for Windows XP that ...
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