Ubuntu Server: Need to Remote desktop

[Ed Greshko]

Robert Dailey wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey at gmail.com 
> <mailto:rcdailey at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Bud Roth <junk at taiotoshi.org
>     <mailto: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.

Doing a "man vncserver" along with "man Xvnc" will answer questions about 
the available parameters and point you towards how to specify ports.  Hint: 
-httpPort and -rfbport.

As for the window manager being used...  Research the ~/.vnc/xstartup file.




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