Ubuntu Server: Need to Remote desktop

[Robert Dailey]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Bud Roth <junk at taiotoshi.org> wrote:
>
>> Rob:
>>
>> On your server, you need to "sudo apt-get install openssh vnc4server".
>> On your Linux client, ssh and vncviewer are standard parts of Ubuntu
>> installs.
>>
>> Openssh is a Telnet-like command line terminal program that has security
>> built-in.  It uses an encrypted session, unlike telnet, to send data
>> back and forth.  That should be your command-line way to visit your
>> server.
>>
>> Vnc-server provides a secure, GUI desktop based on the X server
>> installed on your server (xubuntu) to remote clients that request a
>> connection.  It eats up much less bandwidth than running a remote X
>> session.
>>
>> Read up on both of them.  After you install, post your issues and
>> someone will be able to solve them.
>
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> I did the following from my ubuntu server:
>
> vnc4server
>
> after running that command, it asked me for a password. However, I cannot
> figure out what port it listens to nor how to configure that. How can I
> configure the port for the server to listen on?
>
> Also, I'm using TightVNC Viewer on my windows machine to connect to my
> linux server. Is this okay too?
>
> Do I have to do anything additional on my server to get VNC working? For
> example, do I have to start the xubuntu desktop or something? Thanks for the
> help.
>

Aside from not being able to specify the port, I have a whole different
issue. For some reason VNC doesn't seem to be using the X11 windowing
system, it's using some other default thing that has trouble rendering the
title bars of all the windows (so I can't close windows or drag them). How
can this be fixed? Thanks.
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