HOWTO: Share desktops with x11vnc instead of Built in Remote Desktop

[chaumurky]

Assuming you have both the above setup done and ssh installed on the remote server, in the client machine open a terminal and go:

ssh <remoteusername>@<remoteserver> -L 5900:127.0.0.1:5900

Then in another terminal go:

xvncviewer localhost:0

That's very basic. You should confirm that works before you go crazy with passwordless (key auth) stuff. Some manual reading wouldn't go astray after that...

[shizow]

is it possible to have more than one connection to one remote desktop, when i try to connect from a second client, one can enter a password but then then connection breaks immediatly, as long as there is already another client connected to the server

[wjp79]

I followed the instructions and it worked... 1 time

If I disconnect and try to reconnect i get an error:

"the connection closed unexpectedly"

I'm using ubuntu (5.10) with gdm
I connect through ssh
If I reboot the machine, I can reconnect again
Is there an log available somewhere??

What am I doing wrong???
sharex11 script:

#!/bin/sh

x11vnc -nap -bg -desktop "VNC ${USER}@${HOSTNAME}"|grep -Eo "[0-9]{4}">~/.vnc/port.txt

# comment out the following if you don't want a popup telling you which port you're using.
zenity --info --text="Your VNC port is `cat ~/.vnc/port.txt`"

[intellidenuser]

Hey, Will you be able to VNC in when logged out with this guide?

[dpm]

Hi,

this might be a very basic question, but I cannot figure it out:

Which viewer and with which parameters do I connect to the x11vnc server?

I've tried

vncviewer <hostnameofthevncserver>:1

but I only seem to connect to the vino-server (i.e the connection is just as slow as usual and the clipboard is not working) instead of to the x11vnc server.

Do I have to kill the vino-server process, or is there a way to specify which vnc server I want to connect to?

BTW, the port x11vnc is listening to is 5901.

Thanks.

[bryan986]

Well this works all fine and dandy but its slower than the built in remote desktop and more limited. For example it doesn't show the windows when you drag them, it only shows a gray rectangle.

[strips]

Thank you intangible !!!

This is what I've been looking for for a long time. I have never been satisfied with Vino.

It worked perfect for my Dapper install. Only the libxaw8-dev package doesn't exist in Dapper. As mentioned earlier libxaw7-dev works though.

Hi,
Which viewer and with which parameters do I connect to the x11vnc server?
I've tried

vncviewer <hostnameofthevncserver>:1

but I only seem to connect to the vino-server (i.e the connection is just as slow as usual and the clipboard is not working) instead of to the x11vnc server.

Do I have to kill the vino-server process, or is there a way to specify which vnc server I want to connect to?

BTW, the port x11vnc is listening to is 5901.

Thanks.

You need the port after the colon, not 1

$ vncviewer <vncServerHost>:5901

The Vinoserver can run parallel.

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Regards
Stian H. Larssen

[strips]

Well this works all fine and dandy but its slower than the built in remote desktop and more limited. For example it doesn't show the windows when you drag them, it only shows a gray rectangle.

If you got 100Mbit LAN Vino might run faster. But if you like to save some bandwidth, x11vnc uses incredible less bandwidth.

Vino server with no arguments very quickly maxes my wlan to 20MBit throughout. With -bgr233 -encoding hextile it consumes typically 3-6Mbit

x11vnc server with no arguments consumes never more than 3Mbit and lowers down no almost zero with little usage. Thats sweet

So x11vnc kicks Vinos *** when you need to save a bit bandwidth.

Some thinks just showing a rectangle is a positive thing. Why waste bandwidth.

[strips]

Hey, Will you be able to VNC in when logged out with this guide?

No

[NinjitsuStylee]

Maybe someone can redirect answers regarding remote logging to here?:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=213877